Kate Winslet in conversation:

“Never seen so much gold as in Vienna”

"The Regime" is a bizarre satire that starts on Sky on Monday - Kate Winslet spoke to the "Krone" in advance about filming in Vienna.(Bild: HBO)

Last year, superstar Kate Winslet filmed her new Sky series "The Regime" (starting on Monday) in Vienna. She spoke to the "Krone" about her role as a fanatical autocrat and how she had to give up while counting chandelier candles in Schönbrunn. 

"Krone": Your new series "The Regime", in which you play an autocrat who entrenches herself in her palace, starts on Sky next Monday. How did you experience filming at Schönbrunn Palace and other palaces in Vienna?
Kate Winslet: I absolutely loved it! I really did. We had a wonderful time in Vienna, the locations were incredible, the people were so friendly and the food was a dream. And the architecture - I've never seen anything like it in my life. Especially Schönbrunn. The ceilings were so high and I've never seen so much gold and so many chandeliers in one place. I tried to count the candles on one of the chandeliers in a room at Schönbrunn Palace, but I had to give up at 130. It was a spectacular experience.