One's Place in the World

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

Synopsis
Helene and Elisabeth travel to meet Emperor Franz, who is expected to ask for Helene’s hand. At the party, he stuns everyone with a surprise decision.

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
 * Hanna Hilsdorf as Countess Amalia von Salm-Reifferscheidt
 * Rauand Taleb as Theo
 * Felix Nölle as Archduke Ludwig-Viktor
 * Erol Nowak as Kempen
 * Andreas Döhler as Duke Maximilian
 * Noëmi Emily Krausz as Margarete
 * Svenja Jung as Louise
 * Merlin Rose as Egon
 * Christopher Bailey as Friedrich von Anhalt
 * Simson Bubbel as Servant Ischl
 * Irene Della Casa as Francesca
 * Linda Harmann as Spatz
 * Mathis Landwehr as Convict
 * Annalisa Weyel as Kitchen Maid Agnes
 * Marie-Paulina Schendel as Housemaid Ischl
 * Marie Dziomber as Housemaid Possenhofen
 * Jakob Nienhaus as Sophie's Servant #2

Quotes
"You get into trouble every single day. What are you even doing out there? You should be in there getting engaged"

- Maximilian speaking to his daugher Elisabeth

"The life she wants me to live, I don't want it. There must be something else out there."

- Elisabeth speaking to her father about her mother

"You ignore all the rules. You do as you please. Now it's time to pay the price."

- Maximilian speaking to his daugher Elisabeth

"They must see your face. There are moments when a ruler shows strength."

- Sophie talks to Franz

"Cold winter, bad harvest. People are hungry and ill. That leads to riots and hatred. We cannot hang everyone who is discontent."

- Franz disagrees with his mother

"There are things even we can't change. The people's rage. It is like an illness. An ulcer. And ulcers must be cauterised."

- Sophie justifying the execution of revolutionists

"You reminded me of something today. You reminded me of how I was before becoming Emperor."

- Franz talking to Elisabeth

"I want you. Everyone's always told me what to do my whole life. I can't do that anymore. For months, I've felt dead, and... but with you, I suddenly want to celebrate my birthday."

- Franz talking to Elisabeth

"You tell the truth when no one else will and you don't see things like the others. I need someone like you."

- Franz talking to Elisabeth

"If something won't bend, it must be broken."

- Sophie telling Margarete she is not concerned