THERE IS TROUBLE AT THE IMPERIAL COURT IN THE TRAILER FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL SEASON OF THE EMPRESS HISTORICAL SERIES ARRIVING TO NETFLIX THIS NOVEMBER

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FULL TRAILER FOR THE FINAL SEASON

The series ends this November

Netflix has released first images last month and now we also have the trailer for the third and final season of their historical series THE EMPRESS about Austro Hungarian empress Sisi which will stream from November 12th with  Devrim Lingnau back as kaiserin Elisabeth and Philip Froissant as kaiser Franz. After the romantic wedding of free-spirited Bavarian countess Elisabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph, life at court quickly became a golden cage for Elisabeth. The third season depicts the slow downfall of their marriage and their characters. 

 

  WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE NEW SEASON? 

After the devastating Sardinian War, Emperor Franz (Philip Froissant) returns a traumatized man. The guilt of having lost thousands of young men on the battlefield weighs heavily on him. Elisabeth (Devrim Lingnau Islamoğlu) tries to stand by him — she fights passionately for her marriage while at the same time advocating for what would now be right for the empire — yet in vain. While Franz’s infidelity further shakes the marriage, resistance at court and her own health force Elisabeth to leave Vienna and set off to a distant island to recover. By chance, the Empress meets the leader of the Hungarian revolution, Count Andrássy (Dejan Bućin), on her journey. Their encounter is immediately marked by strong intellectual and physical attraction. Almost simultaneously, Franz’s brother Maximilian (JohannesNussbaum) sets off on a great adventure with his wife Marie (Josephine Thiesen): he is to ascend the imperial throne in far-off Mexico. In the end, Elisabeth must decide: follow her heart unconditionally, or be a sincere empress to her people. Watch the trailer below and tell us what you think:

 

SEE FIRST IMAGES AND TEASER FROM THE THIRD AND FINAL SEASON OF THE EMPRESS HISTORICAL SERIES ARRIVING TO NETFLIX THIS NOVEMBER

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FIRST LOOK AT THE FINAL SEASON

Netflix has released first images and a short teaser from the third and final season of their historical series THE EMPRESS about Austro Hungarian empress Sisi which will stream from November 12th with   Devrim Lingnau back as kaiserin Elisabeth and Philip Froissant as kaiser Franz. After the romantic wedding of free-spirited Bavarian countess Elisabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph, life at court quickly became a golden cage for Elisabeth. The third season depicts the slow downfall of their marriage and their characters. 

 

  WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE NEW SEASON? 

After the devastating Sardinian War, Emperor Franz (Philip Froissant) returns a traumatized man. The guilt of having lost thousands of young men on the battlefield weighs heavily on him. Elisabeth (Devrim Lingnau Islamoğlu) tries to stand by him — she fights passionately for her marriage while at the same time advocating for what would now be right for the empire — yet in vain. While Franz’s infidelity further shakes the marriage, resistance at court and her own health force Elisabeth to leave Vienna and set off to a distant island to recover. By chance, the Empress meets the leader of the Hungarian revolution, Count Andrássy (Dejan Bućin), on her journey. Their encounter is immediately marked by strong intellectual and physical attraction. Almost simultaneously, Franz’s brother Maximilian (Johannes Nussbaum) sets off on a great adventure with his wife Marie (Josephine Thiesen): he is to ascend the imperial throne in far-off Mexico. In the end, Elisabeth must decide: follow her heart unconditionally, or be a sincere empress to her people.

 

Das und noch so viel mehr. Die Kaiserin kehrt zurück für eine finale Staffel. Ab 12. November. pic.twitter.com/uQfYyYxVhK

— netflixde (@NetflixDE) September 24, 2026

SEE SISI EPIC TV SERIES FINAL SEASON TRAILER AND STREAM DATES! EMPRESS SISI AND EMPEROR FRANZ JOINED BY RICK OKON, KLAUS STEINBACHER IN THE CAST

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FINAL SEASON ARRIVES THIS DECEMBER

And we have the trailer from it! It has been breaking viewing records for three years now both in Germany and in 120 other territories around the world and now SISI epic TV series on famous Austrian empress is ending this winter with the final, fourth season! Dominique Devenport and Jannik

Sisi ends this December on RTL

Schümann take over the roles of Sisi and Franz again. First two episodes will stream December 1st, the following two December 8th and the final ones December 15th on RTL+.

 

THE PLOT OF SEASON FOUR BEGINS

After her father's death, Sisi challenges Bavaria's best jockey to a big horse race in order to save the family estate Possenhofen Castle. While she trains for the race and breaks her promise to Franz, she soon comes across mysterious family secrets. Sisi's eldest brother Louis has to choose between love and career in the face of new responsibilities and the youngest sister Sophie Charlotte has a crush on the disreputable King Ludwig..

 

WHO ARE THE NEW FACES IN THE CAST

New in the cast are Rick Okon as Sisi's brother Louis, Philine Schmölzer as little sister Sophie Charlotte, our dear Klaus Steinbacher as Jockey Georg Basselet von La Rosée, Gustav Schmidt as King Ludwig II and Antonia Moretti as Henriette Mendel. Shooting was done in Riga, Vilnius, Croatia and Slovenia. After streaming on RTL+ it will also air on linear RTL around Europe for Christmas. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

SEE NEW TRAILER FOR THE SECOND SEASON OF NETFLIX THE EMPRESS HISTORICAL SERIES ON THE AUSTRIAN IMPERIAL COUPLE

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HISTORICAL SERIES SEASON 2 TRAILER

Hitting Netflix November 22nd with six new episodes of season two is THE EMPRESS series two years after the first season, which ended with Sisi

The Empress is back this November

revealing to the mob in front of the court that she is expecting an heir, the series continues the story of Austrian empress Sisi and her husband emperor Franz. 

 

 THE STORY OF THE SECOND SEASON

 The first crisis is barely over and the young couple wants to enjoy their fresh marital bliss when dark clouds gather over Schönbrunn Palace: Franz (Philip Froissant) unexpectedly faces a powerful adversary in Europe. And Elisabeth (Devrim Lingnau) comes under great pressure, because an heir to the throne is to

Sisi is very much pregnant in the second season

secure the future of the empire as quickly as possible. When fate strikes with all its power, the couple’s love threatens to finally break apart. And Elisabeth must fight not only for her family, but also for the integrity of her soul…

 

 WHO IS IN THE SECOND SEASON?

The second season will see two new faces with Josephine Thiesen as Princess Marie Charlotte of Belgium and Christoph Favre as Napoleon III joining the returning cast which includes Johannes Nussbaum, Almila Bagriacik, Runa Greiner, and Alexander Finkenwirth. Check out the brand new, longer trailer below for the second season below and tell us what you think, will you be tuning in later this month.

NETFLIX REVEALS TRAILER AND STREAMING DATE FOR THE SECOND SEASON OF THE EMPRESS HISTORICAL SERIES ON THE AUSTRIAN IMPERIAL COUPLE

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HISTORICAL SERIES SEASON 2 TRAILER

The Empress is back this November

Well, it seems that beside the second season of Italian costume drama Lidia Poet and the fourth season of much better and more glamurous German series which deals with the same topic Sisi, the end of the year will also bring us the second season of THE EMPRESS German historical (albeit it with more inaccuracies than truths and facts) series which hits Netflix November 22nd with six new episodes and we have the first trailer as well. Two years after the first season, which ended with Sisi revealing to the mob in front of the court that she is expecting an heir, the series continues the story of Austrian empress Sisi and her husband emperor Franz. 

 

 THE STORY OF THE SECOND SEASON

 The first crisis is barely over and the young couple wants to enjoy their fresh marital bliss when dark clouds gather over Schönbrunn Palace: Franz (Philip Froissant) unexpectedly faces a powerful adversary in Europe. And Elisabeth (Devrim Lingnau) comes under great pressure, because an heir to the throne is to secure the future of the empire as quickly as possible. When fate strikes with all its power, the couple’s love threatens to finally break apart. And Elisabeth must fight not only for her family, but also for the integrity of her soul…

 

WHO IS IN THE SECOND SEASON?

The second season will see two new faces with Josephine Thiesen as Princess Marie Charlotte of Belgium and Christoph Favre as Napoleon III joining the returning cast which includes Johannes Nussbaum, Almila Bagriacik, Runa Greiner, and Alexander Finkenwirth. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

SISI EPIC TV SERIES SEASON FOUR STARTS SHOOTING, SEE THE FIRST IMAGE OF EMPRESS SISI AND EMPEROR FRANZ! RICK OKON, KLAUS STEINBACHER JOIN CAST

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SEASON FOUR STARTS SHOOTING

And we have the first image from it! It has been breaking viewing records for three years now both in Germany and in 120 other territories around the world and now SISI epic TV series on famous Austrian empress is shooting season 4! Dominique Devenport and Jannik Schümann take over the roles of Sisi and Franz again.  

 

THE PLOT OF SEASON FOUR BEGINS

when after the death of her father, Sisi challenges the best jockey of Bavaria to a large horse race to save the family seat of Possenhofen Castle. Back in her homeland, the empress comes across abysmal family secrets and has to ask herself where she really feels at home.

 

 

WHO ARE THE NEW FACES IN THE CAST

New in the cast are Rick Okon as Sisi's brother Louis, Philine Schmölzer as little sister Sophie Charlotte, our dear Klaus Steinbacher as

Rick Okon and Klaus Steinbacher have joined the cast

Jockey Georg Basselet von La Rosée, Gustav Schmidt as King Ludwig II and Antonia Moretti as Henriette Mendel. Shooting in Riga, Vilnius, Croatia and Slovenia it will probably air at Christmas again.

SISI EPIC TV SERIES ON AUSTRIAN IMPERIAL COUPLE RENEWED FOR SEASON 4 AFTER SEASON 3 BREAKS VIEWING RECORDS AGAIN!

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RENEWED FOR SEASON FOUR

For the third year now, Germany's super popular imperial saga SISI has been breaking viewing records and now that the third season became best viewed series ever on RTL + streamer, the series has been renewed for the fourth run! It had big success on linear RTL channel too during the holidays.

IN THE FOURTH SEASON

of the series about a story that’s meant to be love but is yet full of obstacles, Dominique Devenport and Jannik Schümann reprise their roles as empress Sisi and emperor Franz, while Sven Bohse returns to direct, with head writers Elena Hell and Robert Krause returning as well. Shooting is set to begin in spring.

 AIRING AROUND THE WORLD

Beta Film's series has had very successful broadcasting runs on linear networks and digital platforms in Europe over the past three seasons as well sold to over 100 territories, among others France’s TF1, Italy’s Mediaset, Starz Entertainment for Latin America, Epic Drama Channels in Europe, BBC in Australia, and Canada’s public broadcaster CBC. It also airs on all RTL local channels around Europe with huge success for three years now. In USA it is available on PBS Masterpiece via Amazon Prime Video Channels, Comcast Xfinity X1 or Roku!

THINGS GET STEAMY AT THE VIENNA IMPERIAL COURT IN SISI EPIC TV SERIES SEASON 3 TRAILER AS IT LAUNCHES TODAY

 SISI EPIC SERIES SEASON 3 

STEAMY TRAILER REVEALED

With today's streaming launch of the third season of record breaking SISI historical series on the 19th century Austrian empress over on RTL Plus we also

Sisi season 3 is now streaming on RTL Plus

have for you a very steamy trailer for the season that will come to linear RTL channels around Europe, Austrian ORF and Epic Drama during the holidays with six new episodes starting from December 26th.

 

IN THE THIRD SEASON

power struggles in Europe, workers' unrest in Vienna and the conflict over the upbringing of their heir to the throne, Rudolf, are once again putting Sisi (Dominique Devenport) and Franz's (Jannik Schumann) love to the test. Sisi is facing a breaking point - between the fight for her own family, the longing for adventure and the obligations at court. Check out the trailer below:

 

THIRD SEASON OF SISI HISTORICAL SERIES ON THE AUSTRIAN EMPRESS ANNOUNCES DECEMBER STREAMING DATE

 SISI EPIC SERIES SEASON 3 

DECEMBER AIR DATE REVEALED

While we are waiting for the first trailer, I can tell you that the third season of record breaking SISI historical series on the 19th century Austrian empress will stream from December 1st on RTL Plus and will come to linear RTL probably during the holidays with six new episodes. The series also airs on Disney Plus in USA and Foxtel in Australia and PBS Masterpiece at Amazon.

 

IN THE THIRD SEASON

power struggles in Europe, workers' unrest in Vienna and the conflict over the upbringing of their heir to the throne, Rudolf, are once again putting Sisi (Dominique Devenport) and Franz's (Jannik Schumann) love to the test. Sisi is facing a breaking point - between the fight for her own family, the longing for adventure and the obligations at court.

NEWCOMERS AT THE COURT

Beside the well-known cast newcomers include: Arian Wegener as Crown Prince Rudolf, Pauline Werner and Max Hubacher as Walli and Gustav, a romantic couple of crooks, Deniz Orta as Sisi's companion Alma, Jakob Geßner as Albert, leader of the labor movement, and Daniel Friedrich as Archduke Franz Karl, father of Franz. As you can see from the first images they made the imperial pair look older in this season.

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!

SISI HISTORICAL TV SERIES ON THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY RENEWED FOR THIRD SEASON!

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RENEWED FOR SEASON THREE

In case you were wondering, let me be the one to tell you: German historical TV series SISI has been renewed for season three after the second season

Dominique Devenport returns as Sisi

broke streaming records that the first season had set for RTL. The viewing numbers in linear viewing were lower, but the streaming numbers saw a jump. The series also airs around the world, including Disney Plus. It is expected for the third season to arrive again around Christmas holidays, so late December in Germany and Europe. The third season will continue the story of the Austrian imperial couple Sisi (Dominique Devenport) and her husband emperor Franz (Jannik Schumann). The second season saw them crowned in Hungary ending in year 1867 which means the writers have still thirty more years to cover before Sisi's assassination in Geneva back in 1898. Stay tuned for casting news which we will announce as soon as we get them, we are sure there will be some new faces in the cast of the third season. In some countries the series streams on Lionsgate + and in Australia on SBS. Epic Drama airs it in parts of Europe.

NEW INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL MOVIES: SHOEMAKER FROM CANADA, MEASURES OF MEN AND SISI AND I FROM GERMANY

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THE SHOEMAKER FROM CANADA

We are angling towards the end of winter and with first signs of spring directors are slowly starting to offer their upcoming works to buyers, producers and

The Shoemaker arrives this March

distributors especially with Berlin Film market ahead of us, so today I have made for you a selection of international movies of the historical genre that we can look forward to this year or very soon. The first one on the list comes from Canada, their historical drama THE SHOEMAKER (La Cordonnière) from director Francois Bouvier will arrive into Canadian cinemas next month, March 17th starring Rose-Marie Perreault whom we watched in Germinal series, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Nicolas Fontaine. Set at the turn of the 20th century, it follows the humble beginnings of the career of Victoire Dussault, founder of the shoemaker's shop that will give rise to the fortune of the Dufresne family, known today in Canada also for the castle they had built on the outskirts of Montreal.

 

GERMAN MEASURES OF MEN

I also have for you first photos and exciting trailer for sweeping historical drama MEASURES OF MEN (Der vermessene Mensch) which should arrive into German cinemas next month as well and will air at Berlinale. Alexander Hoffmann (Leonard Scheicher) is determined to continue the legacy of his father, a pioneering ethnologist. At university, he gets caught up in the maelstrom of the evolutionist race theory of the late 19th century. Hoffmann is disgusted by the measuring of skulls, which has no other purpose than to pseudo-scientifically legitimise the superiority of the white race – but he goes along with it. He wants to find counter-evidence and seeks contact with Kezia Kambazemi, the interpreter of a delegation of Nama and Herero in Berlin who have been forced to take part in a “peoples show”. Shortly after the delegation leaves, an uprising against the German colonial power begins in what was then “German Southwest Africa”. As an ethnologist, Hoffmann becomes a member of an expedition and travels all over the country under the protection of the imperial army in search of skulls – and of Kezia.

 

GERMAN SISI AND I

After two series and a film, we are getting yet another movie on Austrian empress Sisi, but this time from the angle of one of her ladies. SISI AND I (Sisi Und Ich) coming from director Frauke Finsterwalder should arrive

Sisi And I also arrives this March

into German, Austrian and Swiss cinemas March 30th!  What would you say if you could suddenly work for the most famous and sought-after woman of your century? Travel the world with her and have the chance to maybe even become her best friend? All of this could be so beautiful. Wouldn't you have fallen madly in love with her? What a disaster. This is how Countess Irma (Sandra Hüller) feels. Empress Sisi (Susanne Wolff) has reached the last half of her life. Irma finds her surrounded by women in a kind of noble commune in Greece, a universe away from the etiquette of the Austrian court. Sisi lives in absolute freedom, in which neither her children nor her husband play a role. The only important thing is that there is no boredom and that the empress herself determines the rules of the game. Irma falls head over heels in love with the intoxicatingly charismatic Sisi and her modern ideas. Together they travel wherever the mood takes them. And everything could go on forever if Sisi weren't Empress. The world is reaching out to break her. And as much as Irma and Sisi resist, in the end there is only one fatal path that will bind the two women together forever. Tom Rhys Harries, Anthony Calf, Georg Friedrich also star.