Elisabeth - Wien 1992 - English subtitles [2/11]

Wien 29.08.1992 dress rehearsal

Jedem gibt er das Seine | So wie man plant und denkt | Nichts ist schwer
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This is probably where I admit I speak no Italian at all so some of the comments Lucheni adds from time to time might be an approximation.
75% of it is insults either way though.
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EXPOSITION/NOTES:
[6] Franz-Joseph I of Austria (1830 – 1916)
The oldest of four brothers, ascended the throne in 1848 at the age of eighteen when, after his epileptic uncle's Ferdinand I abdication, his father stepped aside in his favor.

[7] "Russia, we owe rescue.../...from the revolution."
In 1848 a wave of political upheavals swept across Europe, an event known as the Spring of Nations. Stuck between fighting in the territories of today's Italy and the rebelling Hungarians, who were at the time under the rule of the Austrian Empire, Austria lacked the power to quell the latter. Assistance from its ally, Russia, was sent for and the revolution suppressed.

[8] Crimean War (1853 - 1856)
Military conflict fought between Russia and an alliance of France, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia started over the rights of Christian minorities in the Ottoman Empire. Russia lost and apparently was none too happy about Austrian Empire choosing to remain neutral.
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CAST:
Pia Douwes (Elisabeth), Uwe Kröger (Death), Ethan Freeman (Luigi Lucheni), Viktor Gernot (Franz-Joseph), Else Ludwig (Sophie), Andreas Bieber (Rudolf)