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| First National Pictures (1939) | |||||
| Biography, Drama, History, Romance | |||||
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| 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 | |
| Donald Crisp | Gen. Marechal Achille Bazaine | |
| Joseph Calleia | Alejandro Uradi | |
| Gale Sondergaard | Empress Eugenie | |
| Gilbert Roland | Col. Miguel Lopez | |
| Henry O'Neill | Gen. Miguel Miramon | |
| Harry Davenport | Dr. Samuel Basch | |
| Louis Calhern | LeMarc | |
| Walter Kingsford | Prince Richard Metternich | |
| Georgia Caine | Countess Battenberg | |
| Montagu Love | Jose de Montares |
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| Producer | Hal B. Wallis
Henry Blanke |
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| Writer | Franz Werfel
Bertita Harding |
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The newly named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carolotta arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juraez and democracy. He tries to appease the Mexicans but fails. Abraham Lincoln is supporting Juarez and asks the French to withdraw support for Maximilian. Carlotta goes to France to plead with Napoleon, to no avail. Written by Ed Stephan |
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