TV Series2021–present · 3 seasons · 18 episodes · Returning

Sisi

Name: Sisi
Genre: Drama
Cast: Dominique Devenport, Jannik Schümann, David Korbmann, Désirée Nosbusch, Tanja Schleiff

Taste attributes: dramahistoricalslowheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, weighty drama series, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: very slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.4 /10

TMDB · 69 votes

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Seasons

Season 1

· 2021 · 6 episodes

Episodes (6)

1Episode 128 Dec 2021
Sisi, the daughter of the Bavarian Duke Max, grows up carefree and close to nature with her siblings at Lake Starnberg. When the young Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph is to marry her older sister Helene, Sisi reluctantly goes along to Bad Ischl for the engagement. But a fateful encounter between Sisi and Franz suddenly…
2Episode 228 Dec 2021
Sisi has fallen in love with Franz. Without hesitation, she follows him to Vienna as his future wife. But the strict court ceremonial quickly gets to the freedom-loving Bavarian princess. Out of love for Franz, she is nevertheless prepared to put up with all the hardships and duties. She knows that she must first earn…
3Episode 34 Jan 2022
The young couple's wedding night does not go as planned and Sisi needs Fanny's advice more than ever. But Countess Esterhazy exposes Fanny as an impostor and banishes her from court. It is only during their honeymoon in Laxenburg that Sisi and Franz slowly find their way to each other. At her first, official reception…
4Episode 44 Jan 2022
Sisi is pregnant. The young imperial couple do not have much time to enjoy their happiness together. The conflicts in Hungary come to a head, and the rest of Europe is also seething. Countess Esterhazy hopes that Sisi can persuade the Emperor to negotiate with the Hungarian nobility. She arranges a secret meeting…
5Episode 511 Jan 2022
Franz barely survived the assassination attempt in the church. But when there are uprisings against the Habsburgs in Italy, he goes to war. To help the soldiers as well, Sisi helps out in a military hospital in Laxenburg and cares for the wounded. The mood in Hungary is still heated. Sisi succeeds in persuading Franz…
6Episode 611 Jan 2022
The new assassination attempt on Franz was prevented, but the young imperial couple is struck by a terrible blow of fate in Budapest. The little princess Sophie dies. Sisi falls into deep, immeasurable grief and Franz distances himself from her more and more. In Europe the signs continue to point to war, Napoleon III…

Season 3

· 2023 · 6 episodes

Episodes (6)

1Episode 11 Dec 2023
2Episode 21 Dec 2023
3Episode 31 Dec 2023
4Episode 41 Dec 2023
5Episode 51 Dec 2023
6Episode 61 Dec 2023

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Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

"Sisi" follows the extraordinary life of empress Elisabeth of Austria. Modern, honest, and authentic. Told from the perspective of her closest confidants, the series takes a new look at the empress' life and reveals a multi-layered woman.

Synopsis: TMDB