Writer-director Marie Kreutzer's sumptuous period piece is a fictional retelling a year in the life of Empress…
Cast
Vicky Krieps (Elisabeth)Florian Teichtmeister (Franz Joseph)Katharina Lorenz (Marie Festetics)Jeanne Werner (Ida Ferenczy)Alma Hasun (Fanny Feifalik)Manuel Rubey (Ludwig II, King of Bavaria)Finnegan Oldfield (Louis Le Prince)Aaron Friesz (Rudolf)Rosa Hajjaj (Valerie)Lilly Marie Tschörtner (Marie, Queen of the Two Sicilies)Colin Morgan (Bay Middleton)Kajetan Dick (Cajetan Felder)Regina Fritsch (Countess of Fürstenberg)May Garzon (Lady of Spencer)Norman Hacker (Chief Physician Leidesdorf)Marlene Hauser (Chambermaid Fini)Klaus Huhle (Dr. von Widerhofer)Sonia Laszlo (Fencing Master)
Director
Marie Kreutzer
Synopsis
A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.
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