A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.

Vicky Kriepsas Empress Elisabeth
Florian Teichtmeisteras Franz Josef
Katharina Lorenzas Marie Festetics
Jeanne Werneras Ida Ferenczy
Alma Hasunas Fanny Feifalik
Finnegan Oldfieldas Louis Le Prince
Manuel Rubeyas Ludwig II
Aaron Frieszas Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Colin Morganas Bay Middleton
Tamás Lengyelas Gyula Andrássy
Judith Kaufmann