cast
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Helmut Berger
Ludwig
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Romy Schneider
Elisabeth of Austria
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Trevor Howard
Richard Wagner
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Silvana Mangano
Cosima von Bülow
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Gert Fröbe
Father Hoffmann
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Helmut Griem
Dürckheim
- Izabella Telezynska Queen Mother
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Umberto Orsini
Count von Holnstein
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John Moulder-Brown
Prince Otto
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Sonia Petrovna
Sophie
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Folker Bohnet
Joseph Kainz
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Heinz Moog
Professor von Gudden
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Adriana Asti
Lila von Buliowski
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Marc Porel
Richard Hornig
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Nora Ricci
Countess Ida Ferenczy
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Mark Burns
Hans von Bülow
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Maurizio Bonuglia
Mayr
- Alexander Allerson Secretary of State
- Bert Bloch Weber
- Manfred Fürst
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Kurt Großkurth
Minister of Finance
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Anne-Marie Hanschke
Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother
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Gérard Herter
Prince Luitpold
- Ian Linhart Maximilian
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Carla Mancini
- Gernot Möhner Hesselschwerd
- Clara Moustawcesky Hélène
- Alain Naya
- Alessandro Perella
- Karl-Heinz Peters Washinton
- Wolfram Schaerf Crailsheim
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Henning Schlüter
Minister Fistermeister
- Helmut Stern
- Eva Axén Maria
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Louise Vincent
- Alexander Stephan Carlo Teodoro
- Karl-Heinz Windhorst Doctor Müller
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Raika Juri
Matilde
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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)
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Friedrich von Ledebur
Hofmarschall (uncredited)