After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer residence on Corfu. As the two women become closer there, this soon leads to tensions back in Vienna.
Susanne Wolff
as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Sandra Hüller
as Irma Sztáray
Tom Rhys Harries
as Smythe
Johanna Wokalek
as Countess Marie Festetics
Angela Winkler
as Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
Stefan Kurt
as Count of Berzeviczy
Maresi Riegner
as Marie
William Erazo Fernández
as Porter
Georg Friedrich
as Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
Sophie Hutter
as Fritzi
Sibylle Canonica
as Maria Sztáray
Markus Schleinzer
as Kaiser Franz Joseph