This sumptuously photographed period drama is set in 1791 Vienna. Maximilian Bardo, an opportunistic 18-year old Viennese man with aspirations to rise above his bourgeois upbringing, looks for a chance to shoehorn himself into the nobility. His hopes lead him to the castle of a wealthy inventor, Alexander Plant. It is here that a strange story is played out, as Maximilian, full of naive illusions and innocent ideals of what it means to be wealthy and noble, quickly loses his innocence. Falling prey to the jaded aristocrats in residence, he is cruelly initiated into their decadent games.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Jonathan ZaccaïMaximilien Bardo | Maximilien Bardo |
 Ute LemperCatherine Gless | Catherine Gless |
 Philippine Leroy-BeaulieuJeanne Eberlen | Jeanne Eberlen |
 André WilmsBicken | Bicken |
 Jan PeszekKaltfish | Kaltfish |
 Janusz GajosCinqueda | Cinqueda |
 Wojciech PszoniakOttenhagen | Ottenhagen |
 Anna SeniukNot listed | Not listed |
 Aleksander BardiniNot listed | Not listed |
 Michał PawlickiNot listed | Not listed |
 Paweł WilczakNot listed | Not listed |
 Piotr SzulkinNot listed | Not listed |
 Andrzej SzenajchNot listed | Not listed |
| SSzymon BorowieckiNot listed | Not listed |
| MMagdalena WójcikNot listed | Not listed |
 January BrunovNot listed | Not listed |
 Witold DębickiNot listed | Not listed |