Sisi: Austrian Empress
"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 fascinating with her attitude, her courage and her contradictions. The youthful Sisi evolves into Empress Elisabeth. A woman who lives an extraordinary difficult life on her own terms: Self-confident, free, independent - and willing to pay the price for it.
- 2021-2024
- 4 seasons
- PBS Distribution
- Drama, Documentary, Action & Adventure
"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 fascinating with her attitude, her courage and her contradictions. The youthful Sisi evolves into Empress Elisabeth. A woman who lives an extraordinary difficult life on her own terms: Self-confident, free, independent - and willing to pay the price for it.
Season 4 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2024
Episode 1
Episode #4.1
51 mins
Foolishly forcing a horse to jump a stone wall in a Corfu field, Sisi makes a bad fall and may remain paraplegic. The news is too much for her father, duke Max, who suffers a fatal heart attack. Franz decided against telling her while recovery was uncertain, so she missed the funeral, with king Ludwig of Bavaria barging in during firstborn Louis's eulogy. She insists to head there, only to learn Max hasn't had opportunity to tell his wife Louis plans to wed a bourgeois opera star. An unexpected French nobleman also attends at Possenhofen, but to reclaim the castle which once belonged to his family as Max lost it gambling on a horse race, and he refuses to sell it back. Sisi schemes to win it back riding Max's best Arabian.
Episode 2
Episode #4.2
45 mins
Franz Joseph allows Sisi to 'catch up' after the funeral, returning to Vienna alone, but mother Sophie stays longer with her sister . Nene blackmails Louis and Sisi, having found out the horse bets secret: he must hand-deliver a letter she hopes to seduce king Louis with. That proves easy, as the king surprisingly chose royal playmate Louis to replace the retired justice minster, as confident in the political cabinet. Sisi finds she can't train the star stud without help from the stable-hand, whom her mother fired for insolence. Sisi tracks her down in a Munich house belonging to her late father Mac, and learns it's her secret bastard sister.
Episode 3
Episode #4.3
49 mins
Sisi persuades Linda to work with difficult horse Avalon, leading to success. At a Possenhofen party, Sophie must select a suitor.
Episode 4
Episode #4.4
49 mins
After Linda's arrest for Adele's murder, Sisi works to prove she didn't do it while Ludovika persuades Georg to call off the race.
Episode 5
Episode #4.5
50 mins
Georg tells Sisi about his tragic story with Possenhofen Castle. Sisi manages to persuade him to let the race take place anyway. Ludovika fears that Sisi will discover her well-kept secret. She seeks help from her sister, Archduchess Sophie.
Episode 6
Episode #4.6
55 mins
Sisi journeys to Bavaria seeking her mother's confession of the truth, while Louis faces a crucial choice about his feelings for Henriette.
