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325 Ratings

A FLEETING PASSAGE TO THE ORIENT

Ein flüchtiger Zug nach dem Orient

Directed by Ruth Beckermann
Austria, 1999
Documentary
  • 8282 minutes

Synopsis

When the camera gazes from the ship towards the horizon of the Mediterranean, the picture of a woman who travelled restlessly across the world takes shape. Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, gradually disappears out of the picture as it were: from the age of 30 she refused to be photographed any more.

Synopsis

When the camera gazes from the ship towards the horizon of the Mediterranean, the picture of a woman who travelled restlessly across the world takes shape. Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, gradually disappears out of the picture as it were: from the age of 30 she refused to be photographed any more.