Helmut Berger

Ludwig

Romy Schneider

Elisabeth of Austria

Trevor Howard

Richard Wagner

Silvana Mangano

Cosima von Bülow

Gert Fröbe

Father Hoffmann

Helmut Griem

Dürckheim

Izabella Telezynska

Queen Mother

Umberto Orsini

Count von Holnstein

John Moulder-Brown

Prince Otto

Sonia Petrovna

Sophie

Folker Bohnet

Joseph Kainz

Heinz Moog

Professor von Gudden

Adriana Asti

Lila von Buliowski

Marc Porel

Richard Hornig

Nora Ricci

Countess Ida Ferenczy

Mark Burns

Hans von Bülow

Maurizio Bonuglia

Mayr

Alexander Allerson

Secretary of State

Bert Bloch

Weber

Manfred Fürst

Kurt Großkurth

Minister of Finance

Anne-Marie Hanschke

Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother

Gérard Herter

Prince Luitpold

Ian Linhart

Maximilian

Carla Mancini

Gernot Möhner

Hesselschwerd

Clara Moustawcesky

Hélène

Alain Naya

Alessandro Perella

Karl-Heinz Peters

Washinton

Wolfram Schaerf

Crailsheim

Henning Schlüter

Minister Fistermeister

Helmut Stern

Eva Axén

Maria

Louise Vincent

Alexander Stephan

Carlo Teodoro

Karl-Heinz Windhorst

Doctor Müller

Raika Juri

Matilde

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)

Friedrich von Ledebur

Hofmarschall (uncredited)

Enrico Medioli

Screenplay

Luchino Visconti

Screenplay

Ugo Santalucia

Producer

Robert Gordon Edwards

Executive Producer

Armando Nannuzzi

Director of Photography

Ruggero Mastroianni

Editor

Mario Chiari

Production Design

Piero Tosi

Costume Design

Luchino Visconti

Director

Luchino Visconti

Story

Enrico Medioli

Story

Nino Cristiani

Camera Operator

Giuseppe Bernardini

Camera Operator

Federico Del Zoppo

Camera Operator

Daniele Nannuzzi

Assistant Camera

Gianni Maddaleni

Assistant Camera

Sergio Melaranci

Assistant Camera

Albino Cocco

First Assistant Director

Giorgio Ferrara

Second Assistant Director

Fanny Wessling

Second Assistant Director

Luchino Gastel

Second Assistant Director

Louise Vincent

Second Assistant Director

Renata Franceschi

Script Supervisor

Lucio Trentini

Production Manager

Robert Schumann

Music

Richard Wagner

Music

Jacques Offenbach

Music

Franco Mannino

Conductor

Lea Mazzocchi

Assistant Editor

Stefano Patrizi

Assistant Editor

Mario Scisci

Assistant Production Design

Pietro Ferraroli

Assistant Production Design

Luchino Oltrona Visconti

Assistant Production Design

Gabriella Pescucci

Assistant Costume Designer

Enzo Eusepi

Set Decoration

Corrado Ricercato

Assistant Set Decoration

Gianfranco De Dominicis

Assistant Set Decoration

Federico Starace

Production Secretary

Alberto De Rossi

Makeup Department Head

Goffredo Rocchetti

Makeup Artist

Grazia De Rossi

Hair Department Head

Maria Teresa Corridoni

Hairstylist

Anna Cristofani

Assistant Hairstylist

Gilda De Guilmi

Assistant Hairstylist

Eligio Trani

Makeup Artist

Stefano Trani

Assistant Makeup Artist

Vittorio Trentino

Sound

Giuseppe Muratori

Boom Operator

Mario Tursi

Still Photographer

Albino Morandin

Unit Manager

Federico Tocci

Unit Manager

Giorgio Russo

Unit Manager

Klaus Zeissler

Unit Manager

Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Screenplay

Ugo Santalucia

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