Cristiana Capotondi

as Elizabeth "Sisi"

David Rott

as emperor Franz Joseph

Martina Gedeck

as archduchess Sophie (Franz Joseph's mother)

Licia Maglietta

as duchess Ludovika of Bavaria (Sisi's mother)

Herbert Knaup

as duke Max of Bavaria (Sisi's father)

Christiane Filangieri

as Helene "Nene" (Sisi's sister)

Fritz Karl

as count Gyula Andrássy

Fanny Stavjanik

as countess Esterházy

Xaver Hutter

as Maximilian I of Mexico

Friedrich von Thun