

No pain, no reign.
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.

Empress Elisabeth

Franz Josef

Marie Festetics

Ida Ferenczy

Fanny Feifalik

Louis Le Prince

Ludwig II

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria

Bay Middleton

Gyula Andrássy
Mrs. Andrássy

Georg Raab, Painter of the Court