Drama / History / Romance /

Score: 65%( 21 votes )

Overview: The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.

Cast:

Paul Muni
Benito Pablo Juárez

Bette Davis
Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg

Brian Aherne
Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg

Claude Rains
Emperor Louis Napoleon III

John Garfield
General Porfirio Diaz

Donald Crisp
Maréchal Bazaine

Joseph Calleia
Alejandro Uradi

Gale Sondergaard
Empress Eugenie

Gilbert Roland
Colonel Miguel Lopez

Henry O'Neill
General Miguel Miramon

Harry Davenport
Dr. Samuel Basch

Louis Calhern
LeMarc

Walter Kingsford
Prince Richard Metternich

Georgia Caine
Lady in Waiting

Montagu Love
Jose de Montares

John Miljan
Mariano Escobedo

Vladimir Sokoloff
Camilo

Irving Pichel
General Carbajal

Pedro de Cordoba
Riva Palacio

Monte Blue
Lerdo de Tajada

Manuel Díaz
Pepe

Hugh Sothern
John Bigelow

Mickey Kuhn
Augustin Iturbide

Billy Wilkerson
Tomas Mejia

Martín Garralaga
Negroni

Frank Lackteen
Coachman

Egon Brecher
Baron von Magnus (uncredited)

Gennaro Curci
Señor de Leon (uncredited)

Carlos De Valdez
Tailor (uncredited)

Claudia Dell
Agnes Salm (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey
Woman (uncredited)

Walter Fenner
Achille Fould (uncredited)

Robert Frazer
(uncredited)

Holmes Herbert
Marshal Randon (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes
Soldier with Letter to Maximilian (uncredited)

Noble Johnson
General Regules (uncredited)

Alexander Leftwich
Drouyn de Lhuys (uncredited)

Fred Malatesta
Señor Salas (uncredited)

Lillian Nicholson
Josefa Iturbide (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi
Councilman in Meeting with Maximilian (uncredited)

Guy Bates Post
(uncredited)

Pedro Regas
Antonio Regales (uncredited)

Frank Reicher
Duc de Morny (uncredited)

Jason Robards Sr.
(uncredited)

Dewey Robinson
Soldier Collecting Signatures (uncredited)

Walter O. Stahl
Senator de Valle (uncredited)

Michael Visaroff
(uncredited)

Robert Warwick
Major Du Pont (uncredited)

Douglas Wood
Mr. Hartman (uncredited)