Murder and magic: Ex-commissioner Haller reveals Sissi's fatal secret!

Murder and magic: Ex-commissioner Haller reveals Sissi's fatal secret!

Wieden, Österreich - An exciting crime strat in the streets of Vienna: The successful series "Blindly determined" presents a new captivating case with the episode title "The naked Empress". In the latest episode, which will be broadcast on June 28, 2025, slips Philipp Hochmair again into the role of the blind ex-commissioner Alexander Haller. He is a master of his subject who - despite his handicap - helps the Vienna Criminal Police to educate crime. In this episode he supports the Kripo in identifying a poisoned banker.

Niko, played by Andreas Guenther , as a fiaker driver takes over an undercover use and spy a dangerous ring from drug-curing. The gripping plot is enriched by the different characters and their entanglements into the events around the fateful curse of an image of Empress Sissi.

a series with history

“blindly determined” is not only an exciting crime series, but also a piece of Austrian television history. The filming for the series in Vienna and the surrounding area has been running since 2018. Despite the difficult fate that Alexander Haller suffered - losing his eyesight after a devastating explosive attack and also losing his partner - he creates new strength from his fate.

The series, produced by Thomas hroch and Gerald Podgornig in collaboration with ORF and ARD, a fixed place in the heart of the spectators has quickly conquered. The grippingly staged cases and Haller's special investigators - his fine hearing and its pronounced perception - make every episode an experience. The ratings show that the series is very popular with the audience, with up to 5.96 million people who watched the first broadcast.

the diversity of "blindly determined"

The individual episodes not only bring criminal cases, but also deeper topics. In the previous episodes there are always challenges that make the characters grow. In the case of "The Naked Empress", Haller has to deal with a number of suspects while trying to defy his own inner demons. The art dealer Gansmeir and the craftsman Meindl are only two of the character patterns that are involved in this complex history.

In addition to the impressive acting achievements, including Patricia Aulitzky as Sophie Haller and Florence Kasumba as Solveig Schachner, also ensures the atmospheric music of Michael-Alexander Brandstetter and Bernhard Fleischmann for goosebump feeling and highlights the emotions of the scenes. Director Katharina Mückstein makes the already mysterious Sissi myth enormously shining.

fans of the series can therefore look forward to a captivating episode that not only is full of exciting twists, but also the recurring topics of loss, grief and ultimately also of hope and friendship. Another step into the fascinating and at the same time puzzling Viennese crime world.