Ernst Marischka was born on January 2, 1893 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer and director, known for Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957), Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956) and Abenteuer im Grandhotel (1943). He was married to Lilly Marischka. He died on May 12, 1963 in Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland.