The Mad Empress

The Mad Empress

72 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Dec. 16, 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.

The Mad Empress

72 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Dec. 16, 1939

The Mad Empress
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.
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Hispano Continental Films, Miguel Contreras Torres
Original title The Mad Empress
Directors Miguel Contreras Torres
Writers Jean Bart, Miguel Contreras Torres, Jerome Chodorov

Cast

Medea de Novara

as Empress Carlotta of Mexico

Conrad Nagel

as Maximilian

Jason Robards Sr.

as President Benito Juarez

Lionel Atwill

as General Bazaine

Guy Bates Post

as Louis Napoleon III

Evelyn Brent

as Empress Eugenie

Frank McGlynn Sr.

as President Abraham Lincoln

Nigel De Brulier

as Father Fisher

Gustav von Seyffertitz

as Metternich

Michael Visaroff

as Dr. Samuel Basch

Earl Gunn

as Porfirio Diaz

George Regas

as Mariano Escobedo

Rudolph Anders

as Herzfeld

Duncan Renaldo

as Col. Miguel López

Julian Rivero

as General Tomás Mejía