The young Maria Theresia sees her life clearly in front of her: she will marry Franz Stephan of Lorraine and start a family of many with him. Even if Franz Stephan is not quite sure of his luck and her father, Emperor Charles VI, and his powerful advisor Prince Eugene of Savoy forge quite different plans for them. It looks quite as if the young archduchess must sacrifice her happiness to the cause of the state
as Maria Theresa of Habsburg
as Johann Christoph of Bartenstein
as Nikolaus I. Esterhazy
as Doctor Jean Babtiste Bassand
as Charles the VI.
as Philip Joseph Kinski
as Count Friedrich Harrach
as Ignatius Kampmuller
as Francis Stephan of Lothringen
as Count Lorenz
as Eugen of Savoy
as Mademoiselle de Chartres
as Count Schwarz
as Pal Esterhazy
as Adjutant
as Gottfried Philipp Spannagel
as Leopold
as Eliza Fritz
as Footman of Eugene
as Master of Protocol
as Countess of Graben
as Countess Schwarz
as Friedrich Wilhem of Grumbkow
as Maria Carolina Fuchs-Mollard
as Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick - Wolfenbuttel
as Philip of Sitzendorf
as Countess Lorenz
as Lisa, Lady's Maid
as Heinrich Prince of Ausperg
as Gundakar Starhemberg
as Friedrich Wilhelm of Haugwitz
as Wilhelmine Colloredo
as Marie Anna of Habsburg
as General Choltitz
