Helmut Berger

Ludwig

Romy Schneider

Elisabeth of Austria

Trevor Howard

Richard Wagner

Silvana Mangano

Cosima von Bülow

Gert Fröbe

Father Hoffmann

Helmut Griem

Dürckheim

Izabella Telezynska

Queen Mother

Umberto Orsini

Count von Holnstein

John Moulder-Brown

Prince Otto

Sonia Petrovna

Sophie

Folker Bohnet

Joseph Kainz

Heinz Moog

Professor von Gudden

Adriana Asti

Lila von Buliowski

Marc Porel

Richard Hornig

Nora Ricci

Countess Ida Ferenczy

Mark Burns

Hans von Bülow

Maurizio Bonuglia

Mayr

Alexander Allerson

Secretary of State

Bert Bloch

Weber

Manfred Fürst

Kurt Großkurth

Minister of Finance

Anne-Marie Hanschke

Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother

Gérard Herter

Prince Luitpold

Ian Linhart

Maximilian

Carla Mancini

Gernot Möhner

Hesselschwerd

Clara Moustawcesky

Hélène

Alain Naya

Alessandro Perella

Karl-Heinz Peters

Washinton

Wolfram Schaerf

Crailsheim

Henning Schlüter

Minister Fistermeister

Helmut Stern

Eva Axén

Maria

Louise Vincent

Alexander Stephan

Carlo Teodoro

Karl-Heinz Windhorst

Doctor Müller

Raika Juri

Matilde

Angelo Casadei

Priest (uncredited)

Hans Elwenspoek

Doctor Rumpler (uncredited)

Karl Menzel

Stableboy in Hunding's Hut (uncredited)

Howard Nelson Rubien

Ambassador (uncredited)

Berno von Cramm

Torring (uncredited)

Friedrich von Ledebur

Hofmarschall (uncredited)