Juarez

Release Date:

Jun 10, 1939

Running Time:

2:12

Genre:

Biography

Director:

William Dieterle

Cast:

Paul Muni	Benito Juarez
Bette Davis	Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg
Brian Aherne	Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg
Claude Rains	Emperor Louis Napoleon III
John Garfield	Gen. Porfirio Diaz
Gale Sondergaard	Empress Eugenie
Donald Crisp	Gen. Marechal Achille Bazaine
Gilbert Roland	Col. Miguel Lopez
Louis Calhern	LeMarc
Grant Mitchell	Mr. Harris

Language:

English

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In an effort to maintain control of Mexico, Napoleon III of France installs the puppet leader Emperor Maximilian to execute his commands and to wrest power from Benito Juárez, Mexico's elected president. Maximilian questions his role, but his power-hungry wife, Empress Carlota, pushes him to remain emperor. However, the will of the people and the fickleness of Napoleon's support put Maximilian in a precarious position.

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