NETFLIX GERMAN HISTORICAL SERIES THE EMPRESS ON SISI OF AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY STARTS FILMING SECOND SEASON! SEE FIRST IMAGE!

 THE EMPRESS SEASON 2 

OF THE EPIC SERIES STARTS FILMING

First season 2 image from today's shoot

After the rival Sisi series over at RTL which already started work on its third season, THE EMPRESS series from German Netflix, which also follows the life of the Austrian Kaiserin, has also officially launched production as of today! The first season which saw young Bavarian countess marry Franz Joseph the emperor of Austria-Hungary, was renewed only a month after the stream start of the first season which amassed more than 160 million viewing hours since then. In the first season marital crisis has been overcome between the imperial couple, but now dark clouds gather again over Schönbrunn Palace: a powerful adversary appears on the scene in Europe. And Sisi faces pressure to produce an heir to the throne who will secure the future of the empire. She has to fight, for her family and for herself. She will also face her mother-in-law, Archduchess Sophie, who is convinced that the Empress is too young to raise the children, and takes it upon herself to bring up her children. She will also go to Hungary to settle a crises there and that is where her first daughter will sadly die. This will end Sisi's efforts to be a good mother and she will remain cold towards her offspring till the end of her life. Returning cast includes Devrim Lingnau as Elisabeth, Philip Froissant as Franz Joseph I of Austria, Melika Foroutan as Archduchess Sophie, Johannes Nussbaum as Archduke Maximilian, Elisa Schlott as Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Jördis Triebel as Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Sisi's mutter. Exciting new additions to the cast include Josephine Thiesen as Princess Marie and Christoph Favre as Napoleon III. The second season is shooting over in Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Italy!