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Marie Kreutzer’s film Corsage is a fascinating portrait of a 19th-century icon, Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Bookends with Mattea Roach
Bookends with Mattea Roach
Episode • Dec 18, 2022 • 58m
Marie Kreutzer is one of Austria's most important and established filmmakers. Her new movie, Corsage, probes the inner life of Empress Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary, an iconic figure in 19th-century history. She's been represented many times on screen, most recently in a Netflix series called "The Empress." Opening this month, Corsage has already garnered enthusiastic reviews and earned a Best Actress Award for its star, Vicky Krieps, at Cannes. Eleanor Wachtel spoke to Marie Kreutzer when the film screened at the Toronto International Film Festival last September.

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