“The Empress”, Season 2: This is how emotional the sequel to the Netflix series is – see the first trailer here

The international series success “The Empress” is on Netflix in season 2

with Devrim Lingnau and Philip Froissant has convinced a global audience and critics in all countries: This is one of the reasons why the Netflix series, which is based on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (aka), tells their dreams and wishes, with an internationalas ?Best Drama Series? excellent. “The Empress”, which is in the international series jungle, will be released in 2024is being watched, in a second season. We'll tell you everything you need to know about the sequel to the royal drama made in Germany here.

“The Empress”, Season 2: That’s what it’s about

The first season of the Netflix series was about Elisabeth (), the busy, freedom-loving and empathetic princess from Bavaria who moved to the Austrianmarried in. You and Emperor Franz (Philip Froissant) have fallen head over heels in love with each other? and while the emperor was supposed to protect the Austro-Hungarian Empire from overthrow, his wife captivated his subjects with her empathy, her revolutionary spirit and her sense of freedom. This doesn't go down well with everyone at the rigid Habsburg court: the Archduchess and the Emperor's mother Sophie (Melika Foroutan) in particular had problems with her daughter-in-law, who simply didn't want to be penned in. All that mattered to her was that Elisabeth gave birth to an heir to the throne? As soon as the Empress is pregnant, she will immediately be treated better.

The (historically unproven) end of season 1? Empress Elisabeth goes barefoot to the level of an angry, torch-wielding mob, while her husband and the ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, unlike the Empress, remains in the safety of the palace.

Season 2 begins exactly where the first season ended: at the height of the crisis between the young imperial couple and one of the greatest crises of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It's clear that the great love between Elisabeth and Franz will be put to more than one test in the sequel. And the fronts are clear: There is the Empire and the subjects who want change, there is Austria and Hungary, which want to be independent, there is the Empire and love, which often get in each other's way stand. And then there is Empress Elisabeth, who not only sees herself as a birthing machine for a male heir to the throne, but also wants to become politically active herself and stand up for what she believes in.

It goes without saying that Elisabeth's activism is not well received by everyone: Archduchess Sophie does not tolerate such behavior because she is pursuing her own agenda, for which Elisabeth could be useful. On Franz? The Empress can hardly hope for support in this constantly simmering dispute, because it is trying to hold the empire together, but also to save his marriage. And then? If a serious blow of fate occurs in Schönbrunn, and the lives, the love of Emperor Franz and Empress Elisabeth and the survival of the Empire are once again in the balance: once again it is up to the Empress to decide between right and wrong himself, to put the well-being of the people or the service to the crown in the foreground.

, Season 2 has a great cast, shows a different, empowered version of Empress Elisabeth (without any local film schmaltz) and will be able to convince again on an international level.

“The Empress”, season 2: start date, teaser and trailer

On November 22, 2024, Netflix will take us to the Austro-Hungarian Empire for more (fictional) drama, at the center of which is an empowered Empress Elisabeth.

There is also the first teaser trailer for the series here:

In the official trailer for season 2 of ?The Empress? More will then be revealed: How Elisabeth, as a monarch, tries to make human politics in this legendary empire in which the sun never sets, how she tries to strengthen the role of women in the empire and how she asserts herself against the will of everyone? and remain empathetic.

?The Empress?, Season 2: Who is playing?

Devrim Lingnau plays Empress Elisabeth, her husband Emperor Franz is again portrayed by Philip Froissant. Melika Foroutan once again plays Archduchess Sophie, Johannes Nussbaum as Archduke Maximilian, Almila Bagriacik as Lady-in-waiting Leontine) and Runa Greiner as Lady-in-waiting Charlotte appear in other roles. New to the cast are Josephine Thiesen as Princess Marie Charlotte of Belgium and Christophe Favre as Napoleon III. As in season 1, Katharina Eyssen is behind the cameraresponsible.

?The Empress?, Season 2: Is this how it all happened?

In the Netflix series ? as in without exceptionallen“Sissi” film adaptations? the story is not presented as it really happened. Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary is ideal fairy tale material: she was young when she suddenly became ruler of a huge empire in transition. And the story is also transfigured in the Netflix series: Elisabeth is portrayed here as an empowered woman (good), but who doesn't seem to be aware that, above all, she has to give birth to a male heir to the throne (stupid). To insinuate that she, who was portrayed as the well-read, educated young woman in Season 1, didn't know or even think that she knew the rules on k. and k. Hof could just change like that? That's unbelievable.

Season two should be? according to history? deal with the unrest in the Empire: Italy, Dalmatia and Hungary were more in riot mode at the time than subordinate regions in the Empire. Whether ?The Empress? manages to portray this without revolving around Elisabeth without any rebellion? Unclear, but exciting.

It would be nice if the Habsburg monarchy at the time of Sisi and Franz had already been as advanced as it was in "The Empress". is depicted: a loving mother, a happy couple who threaten to break due to the pressure of society and that is exactly why they come together. Reality check: It wasn't like that. How "The Empress" tells of this era marked by revolution and rebellion can be seen on Netflix from November 22nd. If you see above all a loving mother and committed monarch Elisabeth, it is nothing more than another fairy tale with a royal protagonist :inside à la.