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The Husbands of Leontine (French: Les maris de Léontine) is a 1947 French comedy film directed by René Le Hénaff and starring Jacqueline Gauthier, Pierre Jourdan and Marguerite Pierry. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Nègre.
All about Movie: directors and actors, reviews and ratings, trailers, stills, backstage. Léontine, an old baroness, opposes her granddaughter's weddin...
Leontine's Husbands (German: Leontines Ehemänner) is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Claire Rommer, Georg Alexander and Carl Walther Meyer. It was based on a play by Alfred Capus. A French dancer works her way through a series of husbands, spending their money.
The Husbands of Leontine is a 1947 French comedy film directed by René Le Hénaff and starring Jacqueline Gauthier, Pierre Jourdan and Marguerite Pierry. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Nègre.
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Sixteen-year-old Bavarian Duchess, Elisabeth "Sisi" von Wittelsbach, falls in love with Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, the intended fiancé of her older sister, Duchess Helene, and they marry. Arriving in Vienna, Sisi finds herself navigating the complexity of court politics and her husband's scheming family. Her mother-in-law, Archduchess Sophie,...
Devrim Lingnau as Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, Duchess in Bavaria turned Empress of AustriaPhilip Froissant as Franz Joseph, Emperor of AustriaMelika Foroutan as Sophie, Archduchess of Austria, mother of Emperor Franz Joseph and Elisabeth's aunt turned mother in law.Johannes Nussbaum as Archduke Maximilian, younger brother of Emperor Franz JosephDevelopment
In December 2020, Netflix announced it would start producing a six-part series with the working title The Empress, based on the life of Austrian Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria (nicknamed Sisi). It would be directed by Katrin Gebbeand Florian Cossen, with Bernd Lange and Janna Maria Nandzik writing. Devrim Lingnau and Philip Froissant were announced in the lead roles.
Filming
Filming began in August 2021 and was completed in January 2022. The series was filmed in German.Netflix subsequently dubbed the series into 14 languages, including English. Subtitles were provided in 32 languages. The story line takes place primarily in Vienna, though parts of the first episode are set in Bavaria, where the young Elisabeth was living when she met the emperor. Nonetheless, exterior filming was completed in Germany, primarily in Bavaria. For studio work, the production moved to...
Season 2
In November 2022, Netflix renewed the series for a second season. Filming for the second season reportedly took place in Prague, Czech Republicin September 2023.
The Empress debuted at number one following its release on 29 September 2022, with 47.2 million hours watched in four days (29 September to 2 October 2022), becoming Netflix's most-watched non-English language series for over a week. Within 11 days, it was running in approximately 18.7 million homes and was the second most-watched Netflix series wo...
Elisabeth (Sisi) had brown eyes.Elisabeth was significantly thinner than the actress portraying her. In fact, Elisabeth's obsession with maintaining a youthful, slim figure was a major element in her personality. Her preoccupatio...Elisabeth's voluminous hair reached her knees and was lighter than Helene's much darker hair, which was a significant factor in Franz Joseph's attraction to her.Elisabeth and Franz Joseph's first meeting at Bad Ischl wasn't outdoors, but during tea (with more relatives present than shown).The Empress at IMDbThe Empress on NetflixThe Empress at Rotten TomatoesLeontines Ehemänner: Directed by Robert Wiene. With Claire Rommer, Georg Alexander, Carl Walther Meyer, Adele Sandrock. Leontine, a French dancer who likes "the good life", has come up with an ingenious solution to her financial problems--whenever she's broke, she marries a man with money.
When a full-scale night assault on Leontine's house ends with the corpses of his men going into the central heating furnace, Charles is more ready to compromise and agrees to make a generous settlement if the two young people get married.
