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[Previously on Sisi]

Welcome to my home.

Very different from the main land, isn't it?

There they are. - It works!

Do you see how happy they are?

Tell me where I can find my wife and son.

It feels really good to see you again.

I still believe that Rudolf does not belong into the army.

Our son is well. He truly blossomed here.

Do you know where Franz and Rudolf are?

I want Rudolf to take the same path all emperors of the Habsburg bloodline had to take before him.

And where is Sisi? - I do not know.

You should not have left her in France.

This a matter between me and my wife.

I will accompany you to Paris.

I still owe you a dance, Countess.

Franz took Rudolf out of the army.

Nothing. Nowhere. Not even a single line.

And now?

I will go back to Vienna.

Despite him not printing the poem?

Franz did the right thing.

Only that matters to me.

Besides, I miss my children.

And I cannot run away from myself forever.

I am The Empress of Austria.

Come along.

There is also a place for you at the Hofburg.

I'll stay here.

Paris is the future.

What about...

Don't worry about me.

I have a lot of friends here.

Thank you.

Thank you for everything.

But...

before I go, I want you take a photo of me.

A little deeper please.

Sisi. Don't be so stiff.

I want to see behind your facade.

My what?

Show me the person I was allowed the get to know.

Who you truly are.

Perfect.

How was the night?

Good.

And did you have pleasant dreams?

Yes.

I wanted to give you that.

Do you no longer want it?

Why is Rudolf here?

I took him out of the army.

A word.

Why did you do that? You raise him to be a weakling.

He is my son. Please take care of what I asked you here for.

I have.

Czar Alexander will accept your invitation.

He is really coming to Vienna?

But he will make extreme demands.

And you can rely on that.

He will only shake the hands of a partner who is deserving of it.

And by that I mean a monarch who has a handle on his country.

And his family.

Your family have been put through enough!

Gone hungry enough!

And the crown has hung too many of our friends and colleagues!

We'll fight back now.

Distribute the weapons!

Also to everyone else.

We'll meet at The Prater in an hour!

It's beginning.

It doesn't, Bernhard. - Why not?

The Emperor hung Valentin and two of our colleagues.

Do you know how many soldiers with weapons The Emperor has?

You got maybe thirty, forty men.

If it's that many. You're marching to your certain death.

What do you know about death?

My name is Karl Ludwig Grünne.

General of the cavalry.

At Königgrätze, I sent hundreds of soldiers onto the battlefield and saw them die.

Believe me.

I know death.

You're an agent of the crown?

I was...an agent of...

What the hell are you doing here?! - The Emperor put me on you.

I have...

I...

I have not been on his side for a while.

On whose side are you then?!

I wish for change in this empire as well.

But force is the wrong way.

And which way is the right way, Karl Ludwig Grünne?

When all workers' unions stick together and lay down the work,

maybe all over Austria,

then Franz has no chance against you.

Then you can achieve anything.

We can then achieve anything.

Highness, why did you not say anything? I would have...everything...Oh my God!

I am so happy you are back.

Can I do anything... - I am also happy to see you again, Countess.

Oh lá lá, France did you well.

Where is my husband?

His Majesty will have lunch with your mother-in-law in moment.

My mother-in-law? - Yes.

And your father-in-law. - My father-in-law?

Would you like me to announce you?

No.

No announcement.

Mum!

I missed you so much.

Come.

Who are you?

I am your daughter-in-law, dear Franz Karl.

I am happy to see you here again.

I can only return that.

You are certainly excited to get to know what happened in your absence.

I am very excited for your report.

Your husband asked me to pull some of my strings

for a new military alliance with Russia.

And there are news even Franz is not aware of yet.

This is The Czar's list of demands.

He apparently knows how important he is in Europe's new game of power.

Someone is in the picture.

There are also daily newspapers in Paris, dear mother-in-law.

I have a daughter.

Where is she?

At the orphanage.

She doesn't know about me.

Why not?

If we leave Vienna together, I'd like to bring her something so she'll have a better future.

Would you come along?

Of course.

If you want me to.

I've never before told someone about her.

Hello, my darling.

I missed you at lunch.

Were you not hungry?

Where were you all this time?

I, uhm,...

Grandma Sophie thinks I am a weakling.

Because I am not in the army.

Your grandmother has pretty antiquated views on strength.

But my comrades...

in the army said the same.

Mama's boy, they called me.

Just because you did not want me to become like dad.

The Czar's demands mean nothing else but another war.

His father already wanted to conquer Crimea. Back then, I denied him my support.

Of course he wants me to help him with it now.

But you will not give into that?

If I do not, Russia and the German Empire will form an alliance.

And this alliance would crush us.

But there must be other ways. Let us together... - Sisi!

I have been thinking about this for weeks.

There are no other ways.

Where are you going?

We entered into an obligation towards this empire together which is why I welcome you being back.

I arranged a meeting with the papers tomorrow to announce to the people that their empress has returned

to her family. Well and healthy.

Thank you for taking Rudolf out of the army.

I did not do it because you demanded it of me

but despite you doing it.

I wish you a good night.

Quiet.

Quiet!

QUIET!

Thank you all for coming.

Shut up. Why you out of everbody want to tell us something?

You shut up. Let him at least talk.

We're all united by wanting to change something.

That we want to better our living conditions.

I tell you...

We can only do that if we face The Emperor united. - That's only ruckus again.

I don't want ruckus.

I just want all of us to lay down the work together.

Every single one of us.

And all your colleagues.

If we do that...

we bring all of life in Vienna to a hold.

And that at a time the entire world is watching.

At least that's a new idea.

There'll be no bread.

No droshky will drive.

The constructions will stand still as well.

No walls raised anymore.

Yeah. - Yeah.

No scaffold build anymore.

The noble men shall even clear away their own shit.

And The Emperor can shove his World's Fair up his own ass.

He shall disgrace himself in front of the entire world!

The newspaper's photographer has arrived. Are you ready?

One more moment, please.

You look good.

Alma took this one.

In Paris.

How pretty you are. - Mum!

Why do we have to do this?

We must show the people we are a strong family.

There are riots all over the country.

And why did you take me out of the army then?

I...

I took you out of the army because I believe it steals more of your strength than it gives to you.

What a wonderful family.

[Empress back from health trip! Family reunited!]

See you tomorrow.

Karl.

Come upstairs for a moment. My father asked about you.

Your father?

He wants to look into the man's eyes who convinced me to lay down the weapons.

Come.

We must inform The Emperor.

We have been following the two for several days.

They came from an illegal assembly where they tried to invoke protest from the workers.

And you are certain it was him?

Count Grünne.

What happened with you and Grünne?

Where are they now?

Still in the mason's flat.

I want two units of cavalry under my command in ten minutes.

Franz, what are you planning?

Thank you for bringing my son back to reason.

Albert certainly would have taken the same way even without me.

He is a brave man.

To the brave ones.

But even the peaceful way is dangerous.

Be careful.

And do the right thing.

Of course, father.

I'll be careful.

And that's why we...

Who's there?

Open in the name of The Emperor!

Hide. They're looking for you, not me. So hide.

Break open the door!

Hey you, where is your son, cripple?

Not here.

We saw him entering the house, so I ask one last time in the name of The Emperor.

The Emperor's days are numbered. - Oh really?

You damn bastard.

Search the flat! Go!

Search everything! Every nook and cranny of this dirty flat!

And move this body away.

Look at the cripple laying there. This body.

Now you will not longer talk big, will you?

There is the son! Stop h...

There is shooting up there.

Oh God! Father! - Up here!

What did they do to you?

Up here! Come here!

Don't move! - Albert, we must leave!

Albert! - No! No!

Albert, run.

Run!

Follow him!

[For Lotte]

Which girl is it?

The one with the ball.

I can see it.

Where are the stolen weapons?

Talk to me.

If you had not sent out your bloodhounds again, you would not have to fear these weapons now.

Franz.

Open your eyes.

The people out there are hungry.

They do not want to live like this any longer.

And you will no longer be able to break this will with your soldiers.

What has happened to us?

You were the only one I blindly trusted.

Do what you must do. I want him to talk.

Thank you for coming along.

Let's take our things and then...

Albert.

Who is that?

What do you want here?

Father is dead.

The imperial soldiers shot him.

They just gunned him down.

What?

Why? What happened?

Tell me! Talk to me!

The soldiers were there because of you, right? Because of you!

You're right. They were there because of me.

But they shot an innocent person.

And do you know what?

The Emperor didn't care at all.

You damn prick! Everything just because of you and damn stupid politics...

I want you to get me inside the Hofburg.

I heard you've been in there before.

So you can do it a second time.

What do you want in the Hofburg?

The Emperor shall pay for what he did.

Damn it!

Franz?

Did you have Grünne captured?

He switched sides.

And the bad thing is a part of me even understand him.

My people go hungry.

But I have to shove the last money we have down The Czar's throat to save Austria.

And what if you invite Bismarck to the World's Fair as well?

Are you serious?

Why not?

Because ten thousand men died at Königgrätz.

In a war Bismarck summoned.

Believe none of you wants to have that happen again. Neither you nor Bismarck nor Alexander.

Suggest to him a...

an alliance of peace of all three countries.

They will be smart enough to agree.

And then The Czar no longer has you in his hands.

Forget it. We won't do that.

Your father worked himself half to death to see us through.

And you? You ran away at the first chance.

Dressed up as a toff while he lay sick in bed at home and I wiped his ass.

Let go.

And now you aren't even brave enough to bring justice? - Please! Let go!

Please let go of him!

Let go or I'll shoot you.

I know about your daughter.

The little one at the orphanage.

You'll never see her again if you two don't help me.

If you hurt her, I'll kill you.

Lotte...

is such a beautiful name.

It would be shame if something happened to the girl.

You're mad.

Do what I say.

Bring me inside the Hofburg.

And after that I'll leave you alone forever and Lotte will lead a safe life.

Please sleep by my side again tonight.

We...

We both have made mistakes.

We hurt each other a lot.

And done things...

[in Russian] Welcome to Vienna, Majesty.

[with Russian accent] You are even smaller than they say.

And you even ruder than I feared.

Empress Elisabeth.

[in Russian] Your health trip seems to have done you well.

I can only recommend to you to go to the seaside for a few days as well.

Is it that bad?

You look amazing, Majesty.

Only your wife is more beautiful than you.

I can handle that.

May I introduce to you Maria Alexandrovna?

Empress.

[in Russian] It is an honor for me to meet you.

[in Russian] The honor is mine.

You look breathtaking, Sophie.

Oh Ferdinand.

Sophie.

Why are there so many people here?

This is the banquet for the opening of the World's Fair in honor of The Czar.

You just forgot about it again, my beloved.

May I introduce to you my husband Franz Karl?

Ferdinand von Langenau, the Austrian ambassador at The Czar's court.

I remember you.

It was...

in Munich.

At Nymphenburg.

In the summer after our wedding.

Oh that is a lifetime ago.

You are right.

It was a wonderful summer.

Here it is.

And through this door he receives his mistresses at night?

Yes.

From there it goes straight into The Emperor's private wing.

Where you know your way around.

Don't you?

You come along.

I won't go in there alone tonight.

Are you crazy? That's not what we agreed on.

No talking back. You know what's on the line.

Then take me along, damn it.

Your girlfriend is the only one who has been in there before and knows where The Emperor's bed is.

You get us a droshky we can flee in.

[with Russian accent] Have you thought about my demands?

Yes, I did.

To be precise, we did.

The position from which you negotiate from made sense to us at first, however we have a new idea.

We suggested to Bismarck a peace alliance of our three countries within the context of the World's Fair.

The German Empire, Russia and Austria.

Bismarck has accepted our invitation and will arrive in Vienna tomorrow.

Otto, Count of Bismarck?

Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary?

And I?

At the same table?

The most important men in the world?

To illustrious negotiations.

To peace.

Do you remember me?

The Emperor demands my company again.

Come. Come on.

And we drink watery soup.

Do you hear that?

And don't forget the vodka for The Czar.

Come on further. Come on!

Come on, you two. Let's go.

Shit.

Ladies and gentlemen, the banquet is open.

Before we begin with the banquet...

allow me to direct a few words at Your Excellencies.

Czar Alexander,

Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna,

honored guests,

it is an honor to me to welcome you at the Hofburg.

tomorrow we will open a World's Fair together

at which over seventy nations

will share their knowledge and technical accomplishments with one another

to make the world a little bit better this way.

And also more peaceful.

One the journey I put behind me, I was allowed to learn a lot about the finality of life.

How often do we bear grudges against people we barely know?

Eagerly we hang onto old conflicts instead of helping one another.

Don't do it.

To support. To campaign for one another.

This is why I would like to raise my glass

and encourage us to

make the next weeks a celebration of benevolence and peace.

Drop your weapon.

I said drop your weapon.