Estonian premiere

Corsage

Local title
Korsaaž
Original title
Corsage
Director
Marie Kreutzer
Country
Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France
Year
2022
Programme
Best of Festivals
Genre
historical drama
Subject
historical personas, women

Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, ‘Sissi’ celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. While Elizabeth’s role has been reduced against her wishes to purely performative, her hunger for knowledge and zest for life makes her more and more restless in Vienna. With a future of strictly ceremonial duties laid out in front of her, Elizabeth rebels against the hyperbolised image of herself and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.

With sly inventiveness, wry humour, and a strong feel for visual splendour, Kreutzer guides us through Elisabeth’s world. It’s one of great opulence, but also stifling confinement; the writer-director portrays the luxury and the oppression as two sides of the same coin.

Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread) received Best Actress Award at Cannes Film Festival (Un certain regard). Austria nominated the film for the Best International Film Oscar.

Director
Marie Kreutzer
Screenwriter
Marie Kreutzer
Cast
Vicky Krieps, Colin Morgan, Finnegan Oldfield
Producer
Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz
DoP
Judith Kaufmann
Editor
Ulrike Kofler
Music
Camille
Production
Arte, ARTE France Cinéma, Film AG Produktion, Kazak Productions, Komplizen Film, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Samsa Film, ZDF Studios
Distributor
Estinfilm
World sales
mk2 films
Runtime
Language
German, Hungarian, English, French
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Munich, Cannes, Toronto, San Sebastian
Director
Marie Kreutzer

Die Vaterlosen (The Fatherless, 2011), Gruber geht (Gruber Is Leaving, 2015), Was hat uns bloß so ruiniert (2016), Der Boden unter den Füßen (The Ground Beneath My Feet, 2019), Corsage (2022)

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Screenings

8th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening030601 / Korsaaž
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Hall Athena Center, Tartu
Screening052102 / Korsaaž
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening070504 / Korsaaž
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
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