this be a movie that could have be great if there be not so many unnecessary historical inaccuracy and if the actor have be choose or make up to look a little more like the real person ( not very difficult ) . sissi do not go to mayerling to see her dead son and she also do not die in the street while they carry her on to the boat and then back to the hotel and which be much more dramatic . i be not sure about the wedding night and but i find it exaggerate that a lady in wait would undress the empress and leave her completely naked ( and that in the 1850 ) or that the emperor would announce very proudly yes i finally lay her to the assembled court . as far a i know this be do right away on the first night and nobody reward her a if she be a streetwalker . the save grace of the movie be really stephane audran and excellent actress and true to character .