'Maria Theresa,' Austria's Answer to 'The Crown,' Sells Wide
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hollywoodreporter.comWalter's Choice has taken U.S. streaming rights to Maria Theresa, a The Crown-style period epic about the first, and only, female ruler of the Habsburg Empire.
Sister platform Walter’s Presents acquired rights in the U.K. and New Zealand for the eight-hour miniseries with the original German title Maria Theresia, and sales group Beta Film also closed deals with French-German channel arte, with RAI for Italy, Russia’s Okko.TV and with RTP in Portugal.
Marie-Luise Stockinger and Stefanie Reinsperger play Maria Theresa in the series at various stages in her epic, 40-year reign.
The Habsburg leader, born 1717, took over after her father, Emperor Charles VI, died in 1740, and ruled until her own death in 1780.
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