The Arrival

 is the second episode of the first season of the Netflix series The Empress.

Synopsis
Elisabeth arrives in Vienna for her wedding. Soon enough she faces palace intrigue while Franz attempts to protect his country from going to war.

Cast

 * Devrim Lingnau as Empress Elisabeth of Austria / Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria
 * Philip Froissant as Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary
 * Melika Foroutan as Archduchess Sophie
 * Johannes Nussbaum as Archduke Maximilian
 * Almila Bagriacik as Leontine von Apafi
 * Wiebke Puls as Countess Esterházy
 * Elisa Schlott as Duchess Helene
 * Jördis Triebel as Princess Ludovika
 * Alexander Finkenwirth as von Bach
 * Hanna Hilsdorf as Countess Amalia von Salm-Reifferscheidt
 * Rauand Taleb as Theo
 * Runa Greiner as Countess Charlotte von Stubenberg
 * Michael Fuith as Duke Franz Karl
 * Felix Nölle as Archduke Ludwig-Viktor
 * Erol Nowak as Kempen
 * Andreas Döhler as Duke Maximilian
 * Noëmi Emily Krausz as Margarete
 * Svenja Jung as Countess Louise Gundemann
 * Anna Böttcher as Elsa
 * Patrick Rapold as Franz Liszt
 * Leopold Hornung as Buol
 * August Schmölzer as Rauscher
 * Linda Sabersky as Bertha
 * Martin Butzke as Gustav von Wasa
 * Jonathan Failla as Stephenson
 * Merlin Rose as Egon

Quotes
"Love alone often isn't enough, Luzi"

- Maximilian talking to his brother Ludwig-Viktor about Franz and Elisabeth's relationship

"My family has a talent for using pretty things for ugly purposes."

- Maximilian speaks to Elisabeth at his soirée