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Sisi: Austrian Empress
Episode 2
Season 3
Episode 2
Sisi flees Vienna with Rudolf and leaves an ultimatum. She will not return until Franz leaves her in charge of their son’s upbringing. The two make it as far as the south of France, but their whereabouts do not go unnoted.
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51:14
An assassination attempt on the Emperor makes him desperate for revenge.
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51:11
Franz's call to arms against Hungary gets the population riled up against him.
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51:11
Sisi struggles in her role as empress and does what she can to please her husband.
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52:58
In a twist of fate, Sisi falls in love with the emperor, and goes to Vienna to marry him.
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52:44
Sisi travels to Bad Ischl for her sister’s engagement to the Emperor of Austria.