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Sisi: Austrian Empress
Episode 5
Season 3
Episode 5
When Sisi learns that Franz has taken Rudolf out of the army, she returns to Vienna. In addition to negotiating the alliance with Russia, Sisi also tries to restore the strained relationship between the laborers and the imperial family.
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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.