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A Fleeting Passage to the Orient
A Fleeting Passage to the Orient
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A FLEETING PASSAGE TO THE ORIENT

Ein flüchtiger Zug nach dem Orient

Directed by Ruth Beckermann
Austria, 1999
Documentary

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.