Sissi – The Young Empress () is a 1956 Austrian film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz, Gustav Knuth, Vilma Degischer and Josef Meinrad. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. It is the second film in the "Sissi" trilogy, following "Sissi" and preceding "Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress". This movie in three parts tells the famous story of the Empress of Austria best known as Sissi.