19th July 1996 – till January 1997 (there was a few months break afterwards)
Elisabeth, Empress of Austria – Maya Hakvoort
Luigi Lucheni, Elisabeth’s murderer – Mathias Kostya
Der Tod, Elisabeth’s lover – Paul Kribbe
Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabeth’s husband – Leon van Leeuwenberg
Archduchess Sophie, Elisabeth’s mother-in-law – Isabel Weicken
Archduke Rudolf, Elisabeth’s son – Thomas Harke
Rudolf as a child – Christopher Posch, Thomas Lichtenecker, Christoph Filler, Christian Kotsis
Duke Max in Bavaria, Elisabeth’s father – Wolfgang Pampel
Duchess Ludovika, Elisabeth’s mother – Susanne Altschul
alt. Elisabeth – Suzan Zeichner, Jasna Ivir
Helene von Wittelsbach, Elisabeth’s sister – Birgit Moser
Count Grünne, Imperial adjutant – Gernot Kranner (u/s Lucheni)
Archbishop Rauscher – Dennis Kozeluh (u/s Max)
Prince Schwarzenberg, minister – Sascha Wienhausen (u/s Franz Joseph)
Baron Hübner, Viennese capitalist – Abdul Candao
Baron Kempen, Chief of Police – Bruno Grassini (u/s Lucheni)
Countess Sztáray – Michaela Kollar
Countess Esterházy-Liechtenstein – Michaela Christl
Maximilian of Mexico – Christian Venzke (u/s der Tod)
Mary Vetsera – Kerstin Grotrian
A young Hungarian nobleman – Aris Sas (u/s Rudolf)
Fanny Feifalik, Elisabeth’s hairdresser – Elisabeth Meller
A lady-in-waiting (Hofdame) – Felicitas Morawitz (u/s Ludovica/Frau Wolf)
A governess (Gouvernante) – Tina Staudacher (u/s Esterhazy)
A professor – Oliver Mülich
Fräulein Windisch, a madwoman – Freya Schumann
Frau Wolf – Susanne Altschul
Dancers: Lilly Kugler, Mike Knospe, Doris Marlis, Virginie Kop, Tom Searle, Christian Tschinder, Theresa Bommer (swing)
Swings: Doris Woldan, Michael Kuntze, David Hoffmann, Kathrin Genitheim, Norberto Betrassi, David Maria Hoffmann