The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.
as Benito Pablo Juárez
as Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg
as Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg
as Emperor Louis Napoleon III
as General Porfirio Diaz
as Maréchal Bazaine
as Alejandro Uradi
as Empress Eugenie
as Colonel Miguel Lopez
as General Miguel Miramon
as Dr. Samuel Basch
as LeMarc
as Prince Richard Metternich
as Lady in Waiting
as Jose de Montares
as Mariano Escobedo
as Camilo
as General Carbajal
as Riva Palacio
as Lerdo de Tajada
as Pepe
as John Bigelow
as Augustin Iturbide
as Tomas Mejia
as Negroni
as Coachman
as Baron von Magnus (uncredited)
as Señor de Leon (uncredited)
as Tailor (uncredited)
as Agnes Salm (uncredited)
as Woman (uncredited)
as Achille Fould (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
as Soldier with Letter to Maximilian (uncredited)
as General Regules (uncredited)
as Drouyn de Lhuys (uncredited)
as Señor Salas (uncredited)
as Josefa Iturbide (uncredited)
as Councilman in Meeting with Maximilian (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Antonio Regales (uncredited)
as Duc de Morny (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Soldier Collecting Signatures (uncredited)
as Senator de Valle (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Major Du Pont (uncredited)
as Mr. Hartman (uncredited)