RTL + series “Sisi”
Series creates most successful fiction restart of all time
The main characters in “Sisi”: Emperor Franz (Jannik Schümann, left) and Sisi (Dominique Devenport).
© RTL / Story House Pictures / Lukas Šalna
Shortly after the premiere, the “Sisi” series broke a record. She put on the best fiction restart of all time on RTL +.
The new event series “Sisi” is available on RTL + for just one day. The production has already broken its first in-house record – and made the most successful fictional restart of all time for the streaming service.
As RTL + announced on Monday (December 13th), “Sisi” excited more streaming fans on RTL + than any other fiction format before. Henning Tewes, managing director of RTL Television and co-managing director of RTL +, said: “Decades after the legendary film classics, it was almost overdue to rethink the story of the legendary Empress.” The station is very pleased that the reinterpretation of “Sisi” is enjoying such “great popularity and even breaking records”.
In “Sisi” newcomer Dominique Devenport (25, “Nebelgrind”) and actor Jannik Schümann (29, “Charité”) appear in front of the camera as legendary lovers Sisi and Emperor Franz. In addition, Grimme Prize winner Désirée Nosbusch (56) can be seen in the role of Archduchess Sophie, Franz’s mother.
The second season has already been announced
The total of six episodes of the new event series went online on Sunday (December 12) on RTL +. They can be seen on free TV on December 28, 29 and 30 at 8:15 p.m. in double episodes on RTL. A second season of the series has already been commissioned.