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The Empress

Die Kaiserin

2022 · Released · Germany · German

Drama Historical Biographical

The Empress (German: Die Kaiserin) is a German historical drama television series based on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, starring Devrim Lingnau as the empress and Philip Froissant as Franz Joseph I of Austria. It was released on Netflix on 29 September 2022 and became the network's second-most watched series worldwide for two weeks and the seventh most popular non-English series of 2022, with over 150 million hours streamed. On 8 November 2022, Netflix renewed it for a second season, which premiered on 22 November 2024. Netflix also commissioned a companion novel, The Empress: A Novel, by Gigi Griffis, which was published two days before the series premiered on the streaming service. On 27 January 2025, the series was renewed for a third and final season.

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Also known as

Español
La emperatriz
Français
L'Impératrice
Italiano
L'imperatrice
日本語
皇妃エリザベート
Português
A Imperatriz

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