Das Sacher: In bester Gesellschaft (''The Hotel Sacher: In Good Company'') is an Austrian-German historical drama television series aired in two parts, directed by

Robert Dornhelm Robert Dornhelm (born 17 December 1947) is an Austrian film and television director. Biography Dornhelm is of Hungarian-Jewish descent born in Timișoara, Banat region, Romania. He has worked on numerous television programmes and has also rele ...

and written by Rodica Doehnert, and based on the book ''Das Sacher. Geschichte einer Verführung'' The series was commissioned by the

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and

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. The first part was aired on December 27, 2016 on ORF2. The series, is set in the city of

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around 1900, it tells the story of

Anna Sacher Anna Sacher ( Fuchs; 2 January 1859 — 25 February 1930) was an Austrian hotel owner and proprietor, who was the owner of the world famous Hotel Sacher. She was the daughter-in-law of Franz Sacher. Life Anna was born on 2 January 1859 in Vien ...

, the widow of Eduard Sacher, who was the founder and owner of the

Hotel Sacher Hotel Sacher is a five-star luxury hotel in Vienna, Austria, facing the Vienna State Opera in the city's central Innere Stadt district. It is famous for the specialty of the house, the Sachertorte, a chocolate cake with apricot filling. There is ...

, home of the sachertorte. Eduard was the son of Franz Sacher, inventor of the famous

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. The story begins with Eduard’s death and Anna’s tough decision to take over the management of the Hotel. The series is based on real events of the time and also on the life of Anna Sacher and mixes them with fictional stories of the upper and lower classes.

Plot

When Anna has to fight for her rights in court, she shows perfect skills for managing such challenges by acting in an authoritative manner, networking and pulling strings in order to succeed. At the same time, in the catacombs of the nearby opera, Marie, the illegitimate daughter of a hotel laundress, is kidnapped. Despite Anna being informed about this tragedy by the police, her daily routines continue uninterrupted. At the lobby of the hotel, the young Princess Konstanze von Traunstein meets the publisher Martha Aderhold from

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. The friendship of the two women soon falters, as does Konstanze's double life as a best-selling author, when she begins an affair with Martha's husband, the unsuccessful writer Maximilian. In addition, a dark secret of the family of Traunstein threatens to come to light when the young Marie returns unannounced. During this time Anna Sacher meets the legendary "Haus Österreich" at her hotel and gains more and more social influence, but the outbreak of the

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will change their lives and that of their guests forever.

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