'The Empress': The Big Finale! Debut of Trailer and Artwork for the Third and Final Season

Showrunner: Katharina Eyssen

Executive Producers: Robert Eyssen, Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach, Katharina Eyssen and Scarlett Lacey

Co-Executive Producer: Lars Gmehling

Writers: Katharina Eyssen (Head-Writer), Elena von Saucken

Directors: Florian Cossen, Julia Langhof

Director of Photography: Katharina Bühler, Rik Zang

Costume: Gabriela Reumer

Hair & MakeUp: Jens Bartram

Production Design: Theresia Anna Ficus

Associate Producer: Michal Pokorny

Production Company: Sommerhaus Serien GmbH

Service Production: MIA Film, Anima Stillking

Cast: Devrim Lingnau Islamoğlu, Philip Froissant, Melika Foroutan, Johannes Nussbaum, Josephine Thiesen, Runa Greiner, Dejan Bućin, Marlene Burow, Christophe Favre, Merlin Sandmeyer u.a.

The Empress Season 3, premiering November 12, exclusively on Netflix worldwide

"Perhaps she will be remembered, and otherwise none of us." - Archduchess Sophie to Elisabeth (her daughter-in-law, the Empress of Austria)

Berlin, October 7 - The gates of Schönbrunn Palace open one final time: the trailer for the third and final season of The Empress shows Elisabeth fighting for her heart, her health, and her voice. Constrained by the corset of the Viennese court and deeply wounded by Franz's rejection and unfaithfulness after his return from the war, Elisabeth struggles to be heard and to understand what her soul truly longs for. The finale of the hit series premieres November 12, exclusively on Netflix.

About The Empress Season 3

After the devastating Sardinian War, Emperor Franz (Philip Froissant) returns a traumatized man. The guilt of having lost thousands of young men on the battlefield weighs heavily on him. Elisabeth (Devrim Lingnau Islamoğlu) tries to stand by him - she fights passionately for her marriage while at the same time advocating for what would now be right for the empire - yet in vain. While Franz's infidelity further shakes the marriage, resistance at court and her own health force Elisabeth to leave Vienna and set off to a distant island to recover.

By chance, the Empress meets the leader of the Hungarian revolution, Count Andrássy (Dejan Bućin), on her journey. Their encounter is immediately marked by strong intellectual and physical attraction. Almost simultaneously, Franz's brother Maximilian (Johannes Nussbaum) sets off on a great adventure with his wife Marie (Josephine Thiesen): he is to ascend the imperial throne in far-off Mexico.

In the end, Elisabeth must decide: follow her heart unconditionally, or be a true empress to her people.

The Team

Katharina Eyssen once again serves as showrunner for the third season of the hit series, sharing creative responsibility with executive producer Robert Eyssen. Sommerhaus Serien GmbH, led by executive producers Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach, is responsible for the production. Scarlett Lacey returns as executive producer, and Lars Gmehling is co-executive producer. Directed by Florian Cossen and Julia Langhof. Filming took place in Bavaria, the Czech Republic, and Spain.

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About Sommerhaus Filmproduktion

Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach have jointly managed Sommerhaus Filmproduktion since 2015. Projects realized to date include feature films such as In the Aisles (Berlinale Competition 2018) and What Doesn't Kill Us (world premiere at Piazza Grande in Locarno 2018), as well as TV productions like Dominik Graf's Tatort: Der rote Schatten and Katharina Eyssen's Netflix miniseries Holiday Secrets. The novel adaptation When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit delighted over one million moviegoers and was awarded the Bavarian Film Award as well as the German Film Award for Best Children's Film.

The adaptation of Alfred Döblin's world-famous novel Berlin Alexanderplatz celebrated its world premiere in the competition of the Berlinale 2020 and received five Lolas at the German Film Awards as well as a European Excellence Award for film music.

The first season of the historical series The Empress by showrunner Katharina Eyssen, directed by Katrin Gebbe and Florian Cossen, was awarded the International Emmy(R) Award for Best Drama Series in 2023. Shortly before the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the international TV series Clean Sweep about mafia machinations behind football premiered under the direction of Rick Ostermann. In early December 2022, the new collaboration with Thomas Stuber, Dark Satellites, was released in theaters. Burhan Qurbani's latest feature film No Beast. So Fierce., a German-Polish-French co-production, celebrated its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2025. The new edition of the Frankfurt Tatort starring Edin Hasanovic and Melika Foroutan, broadcast for the first time on ARD in the same year, met with great acclaim from audiences and press alike and was awarded the Grimme Prize, among others.

In addition to the third season of The Empress, further episodes of the Frankfurt Tatort as well as Maggie Peren's feature film The Bright Days are currently in post-production.

Sommerhaus Filmproduktion maintains offices in Berlin, Ludwigsburg, and Munich.