The fairytale of a young girl falling in love with a handsome emperor (king, prince, feel free to fill in) seems as timeless as can be, but this first Sissi movie doesn't quite make it... Schneider is cute, but that's about it. Comic relief from some sort of count is silly at best, and the movie drags on a bit at the end... You can't help thinking: just get married and be done with it! Only for the very romantic... I give it a 4/10.