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Netflix Original ‘The Empress’ Reveals Lead Cast & Sets Production Start Date

The new imperial couple “Sisi and Franz” found, the 6 episodes will focus on the first months after Sisi’s arrival at the Viennese court

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Netflix's upcoming German original series about the iconic Empress of Austria-Hungary has found its lead cast. Devrim Lingnau ("Auerhaus") and Philip Froissant ("Black Island") are taking on the lead roles in the new six-part Netflix Original series, “The Empress.” The series will get into production in spring, 2021 with an expected launch in spring, 2022.


Devrim Lingnau first appeared in front of the camera at the age of 16. Since then she has been shooting continuously for film and television and has appeared in leading roles in the two-parter "Unter Verdacht: Verlorene Sicherheit" (director: Andreas Herzog), the English feature film "Carmilla" (director: Emily Harris) and the novel adaptation "Auerhaus" (director: Neele Leana Vollmar), among others. Philip Froissant lives in Munich and attends the Otto Falckenberg School there. The 26-year-old found his way to acting via detours and was most recently in front of the camera during the filming of the Netflix thriller "Schwarze Insel" (director: Miguel Alexandre).

 
A day in August 1853, two young people meet. A fateful encounter - the proverbial love at first sight. He is Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, she is Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, Princess of Bavaria and the sister of the woman Franz is to marry… The stirring life story of Empress Elisabeth - better known as "Sisi" - has thrilled audiences in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland for generations.

When the rebellious Elisabeth ("SISI") meets Franz, the Emperor of Austria, the young couple's intoxicating love completely upsets the power structure at the Viennese court. After the wedding, the young empress must assert herself not only against her mother-in-law, the sovereign, power-hungry Sophie but also against Franz's brother Maxi, who himself longs for the throne (and for Sisi). As enemy troops form upon the borders of the Habsburg Empire, people in Vienna rise up in protest against the emperor. Elisabeth must find out who she can trust and how high the price is to be a true empress and a figure of hope for the people.
 

For Netflix, showrunner Katharina Eyssen retells "Sisi" with her co-writers Bernd Lange and Jana Nandzik. Eyssen is thrilled: „THE EMPRESS offers us the chance to tell the moving story of Empress Elisabeth for a contemporary audience. According to a modern image of women. Devrim is not only a highly talented, multi-faceted actress but for me embodies this very woman: intelligent, passionate, rebellious. Philip Froissant, for his part, will make of the role of Franz Joseph something we have not seen before: An ambivalent and fascinating ruler whose conflicts are more topical than ever."


Eva van Leeuwen, Manager Local Originals bei Netflix: “We are immensely pleased to be able to retell the story of this dazzling and much-loved figure - with all the complexity that made up the empress - and thus to delight both an audience that will rediscover Sisi as well as the fans of the cult films from the 1950s. Hardly any other historical figure possesses so much fascination and charisma - even beyond the borders of Austria and Germany. We can't imagine a better team in front of and behind the camera to tell the story of Sisi and Franz and the Habsburg court for Netflix.


Sommerhaus will go into production as early as spring 2021. The 6 episodes directed by ("Pelican Blood") and Florian Cossen ("NSU German History X") will be shot in .... and will focus on the first months after Sisi's arrival at the Viennese court. It is the great love story between Elisabeth and Franz that is the focus of the narrative. Elisabeth is told as a young woman ahead of her time, rebelling against the rigid rules of the 19th century and the court. She meets Franz, a multi-layered ruler with fractures who played a major role in shaping modern European history.  Against the backdrop of jealousy, intrigue, and power struggles behind the scenes of the Habsburg court and the emerging question of freedom of the people, the audience is taken into a glittering illusory world in which young Sisi must fight for her place at court as well as for the right not only to be the figurehead of an ailing empire.


Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach from Sommerhaus Filmproduktion who are responsible for the production on behalf of Netflix said, "We are very happy to work again together with Netflix, there in particular with Eva van Leeuwen, and the wonderful Katie Eyssen as author and showrunner on this special project. With Katrin Gebbe and Florian Cossen, we were able to win an outstanding directing duo for "The Empress", our absolute dream combination. To experience Devrim Lingnau and Philipp Froissant as Sisi and Franz in front of the camera by these two filmmakers, who are highly esteemed especially for their intensive acting, will be a huge feast. With these such highly talented young actors as the face of our series, we go into the coming year with Katie, Katrin, Florian, and Eva and couldn't be happier about it."

 

 

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