Ernst Marischka

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-02-02 (70 years old)

Deathday

1963-05-12

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Ernst Marischka

Biography

Ernst Marischka was an Austrian screenwriter, film director, and producer, renowned for his contributions to mid-20th-century European cinema. He began his career in the early 1910s, writing for over 90 films and directing 29 between 1913 and 1962. Marischka is best known for the "Sissi" trilogy—Sissi (1955), Sissi – The Young Empress (1956), and Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)—which depicted the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and starred Romy Schneider. These films achieved international acclaim and remain classics in Austrian cinema. Marischka's work is characterized by its romanticism and historical narratives, contribut...

Production

1955

Sissi

as Director

1956

1955

Sissi

as Producer

1954

The Story of Vickie

as Screenplay

1955

1955

Die Deutschmeister

as Screenplay

1954

1955

1936

Forget Me Not

as Writer

1961

Season in Salzburg

as Screenplay

1958

Embezzled Heaven

as Director

1958

1942

Vienna Blood

as Writer

1959

Old Heidelberg

as Director

1946

1940

1951

1918

Um ein Weib

as Writer

1918

Um ein Weib

as Director

1956

Opernball

as Director

1952

1953

1951

1934

The Queen's Affair

as Theatre Play

1954

1934

My Song for You

as Musical

1949

1957

1955

Sissi

as Writer

1940

Spring Parade

as Original Story

1945

1951

1951

1939

Opera Ball

as Adaptation

1942

1940

1933

1937

Gefährliches Spiel

as Screenplay

1946

1934

1935

Stradivarius

as Writer

1934

1934

1938

1932

Two in a Car

as Writer

1935

1927

The Orlov

as Story

1951

Zwei in einem Auto

as Screenplay

1933

1933

All for Love

as Writer

1940

1942

1952

1951

City of Violence

as Screenplay

1944

Schrammeln

as Screenplay

1938

Waltz Melodies

as Screenplay

1934

1933

1935

1937

1932

1918

1951

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