Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.
Romy Schneider
as Empress Elisabeth
Karlheinz Böhm
as Emperor Franz Joseph
Magda Schneider
as Duchess Ludovika
Vilma Degischer
as Archduchess Sophie
Gustav Knuth
as Duke Max
Walther Reyer
as Count Andrassy
Josef Meinrad
as Major Böckl
Senta Wengraf
as Countess Bellegarde
Uta Franz
as Princess Helene
Franz Böheim
as Johann Petzmacher
Erich Nikowitz
as Archduke Franz Karl
Hans Ziegler
as Dr. Seeburger