Film · Drama, Romance, War
The Mad Empress (1939)
The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I of Mexico and his struggles against Benito Juarez.
- Director
- Miguel Contreras Torres
- Writers
- Miguel Contreras Torres, Jean Bart, Jerome Chodorov
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- December 16, 1939
Cast
Medea de NovaraEmpress Carlotta of Mexico
Conrad NagelMaximilian
Jason Robards Sr.President Benito Juarez
Lionel AtwillGeneral Bazaine
Guy Bates PostLouis Napoleon III
Evelyn BrentEmpress Eugenie
Frank McGlynn Sr.President Abraham Lincoln
Nigel De BrulierFather Fisher
Gustav von SeyffertitzMetternich
Michael VisaroffDr. Samuel Basch- Earl GunnPorfirio Diaz
George RegasMariano Escobedo
Rudolph AndersHerzfeld
Duncan RenaldoCol. Miguel López- Julian RiveroGeneral Tomás Mejía
