The film portrays the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914.
Luise Ullrich
as Herzogin Sophie Hohenberg
Ewald Balser
as Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand
Franz Stoß
as Oskar Potiorek
Hans Thimig
as Rumerskirch
Louis Soldan
as Merizzi
Harry Hardt
as Bardolff
Hans Unterkircher
as Graf Franz von Harrach
Erik Frey
as Pokorny
Hans Olden
as Durchlaucht
Carl Bosse
as Polizeibeamter Müller
Karl Skraup
as Polizeibeamter Radic
Wolfried Lier
as Danilo Ilić