A Fleeting Passage to the Orient

Original title: Ein flüchtiger Zug nach dem Orient
Duration: 82 min
Release date: 1999-10-10
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Images of Egypt: prolonged tracking shots through the streets of Cairo, cafes, bazars, hotels and gardens, footage of the desert and the sea. Ruth Beckermann is on the trail of Empress Elisabeth of Austria ("Sissi"), who travelled the world restlessly and was in Egypt incognito one hundred years earlier. Since Elisabeth refused to be photographed after the age of 31, she inspires projections and fantasies.

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Ein flüchtiger Zug nach dem Orient

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