Plot

The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe.

The young Empress Sissi is staying at the Gödölle Palace in Hungary with her little daughter and some court people. Here she can be herself, liberated from all the strict court rules in Austria. She spends her days with Count Andrassy, riding in the woods. At a ball in his castle he declares his love for her. Because of this Sissi feels forced to break her relationship with him, and moves back to Vienna. It is soon discovered that she is seriously ill with tuberculosis. Dr. Seeburger doesn't think she will survive the winter, but a change of climate might help. After some months on Madeira Sissi's illness is even worse. Her mother, Duchess Ludovika, then decides to go to Madeira to help Sissi recapture the joy of life. When Dr. Seeburger examines Sissy at Corfu several months later, he finds her fully recovered. The Austrian ministers suggest that Emperor Franz Joseph should combine his reunion with Sissy with an official visit to Lombardy-Venetia. Austria is much hated there, but needs a good relationship with this country. The ministers think that Sissi can bring forth a miraculous change of sentiments in Lombardy-Venetia, just as she did in Hungary.—Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se}

With her health rapidly deteriorating, a gravely ill Sissi travels to the warmer climates of picturesque Madeira, and then, she visits the sun-kissed island of Corfu. Thankfully, her mother, Ludovika, comes to her rescue--and as Sissi's health is miraculously restored--she reunites with her husband, Franz Joseph, for an official visit to Italy and the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, only to receive a lukewarm reception. Can the enchanting Austrian Empress, Sissi, charm the indifferent Italians, as she did back in Hungary?—Nick Riganas

As Queen of Hungary, Sissi (Schneider) stays in Godolo, far from the loneliness of the royal palace in Vienna and her cruel mother-in-law, Archduchess Sophie (Degischer). Although she loves her time there, she returns to Vienna to avoid Count Andrassy's (Reyer) advances.