Elisabeth, Empress of Austria – Pia Douwes
Luigi Lucheni, Elisabeth's murderer – Carsten Lepper
Der Tod, Elisabeth's lover – Uwe Kröger
Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabeth's husband – Michael Shawn Lewis
Archduchess Sophie, Elisabeth's mother-in-law – Gabrielle Ramm
Archduke Rudolf, Elisabeth's son – Jesper Tydén (alt. Der Tod)
Rudolf as a child – David Nawrocnik
Duke Max in Bavaria, Elisabeth's father – Claus Dam
Duchess Ludovika, Elisabeth's mother – Annika Bruhns
Helene von Wittelsbach, Elisabeth's sister – Rhoda Kosten
Count Grünne, Imperial adjutant – Frank Logemann
Archbishop Rauscher – Boris Pfeiffer
Prince Schwarzenberg, minister – Detlef Leistenschneider (u/s Lucheni)
Baron Hübner, Viennese capitalist – Marcel Meyer
Baron Kempen, Chief of Police – Brady Swenson (u/s Der Tod)
Countess Sztáray – Ruth Kraus
Countess Esterházy-Liechtenstein – Juliana Albrecht
A young Hungarian nobleman – probably Sven Olaf Denkinger (credit as Batthyany) (u/s Rudolf)
Fanny Feifalik, Elisabeth's hairdresser – Lillian Marti
A governess (Gouvernante) – Sabine Maria Reiß
A professor – probably Lucius Wolter (credited as Karolyi) (u/s Rudolf)
Fräulein Windisch, a madwoman – Petra Madita Kübitz
Frau Wolf – Annika Bruhns
Dancers (Todesengel): Sabine Merkel, Sara Rymer, Jo Shanks, Markus Giess, Jimmy Laremore, Chi-Liang Shih
Swings: Alison Hughes, Noud Hell, Tina Podstawa, Natahlie Kleeberger, Anja Mattner, Christian Tschinder, Sascha Oskar Weis