Il conquistatore del Messico

Il conquistatore del Messico (1939)

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Dopo aver conquistato il Messico, Napoleone III ne offre la corona a Massimiliano d'Asburgo, sperando di vincere l'insurrezione e di impedire l'intervento degli Stati Uniti. Massimiliano accetta il trono che gli viene offerto attraverso un plebiscito, che egli crede spontaneo. Giunto in Messico si trova a fronteggiare la resistenza del partito repubblicano guidato da Benito Juárez. Animato da idee liberali e umanitarie, Massimiliano perde il supporto del partito conservatore, composto da latifondisti. Nel frattempo Benito Juárez organizza la guerriglia che colpisce duramente le truppe governative. Massimiliano tenta invano di giungere a un compromesso, ma di fronte al rifiuto di Juárez deve ricorrere alle misure forti. Nel frattempo gli Stati Uniti chiedono e ottengono il ritiro delle truppe francesi dal Messico. Dopo la partenza dei francesi, l'impero crolla. L'imperatrice Carlotta impazzisce; Massimiliano viene fatto prigioniero e infine fucilato.

Direttore: William Dieterle
Scrittori: Wolfgang Reinhardt, Æneas MacKenzie, John Huston.

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	Paul Muni as Benito Pablo Juárez
	Bette Davis as Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg
	Brian Aherne as Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg
	Claude Rains as Emperor Louis Napoleon III
	John Garfield as General Porfirio Diaz
	Donald Crisp as Maréchal Bazaine
	Joseph Calleia as Alejandro Uradi
	Gale Sondergaard as Empress Eugenie
	Gilbert Roland as Colonel Miguel Lopez
	Henry O'Neill as General Miguel Miramon
	Harry Davenport as Dr. Samuel Basch
	Louis Calhern as LeMarc
	Walter Kingsford as Prince Richard Metternich
	Georgia Caine as Lady in Waiting
	Montagu Love as Jose de Montares
	John Miljan as Mariano Escobedo
	Vladimir Sokoloff as Camilo
	Irving Pichel as General Carbajal
	Pedro de Cordoba as Riva Palacio
	Monte Blue as Lerdo de Tajada
	Manuel Díaz as Pepe
	Hugh Sothern as John Bigelow
	Mickey Kuhn as Augustin Iturbide
	Billy Wilkerson as Tomas Mejia
	Martín Garralaga as Negroni
	Frank Lackteen as Coachman
	Egon Brecher as Baron von Magnus (uncredited)
	Gennaro Curci as Señor de Leon (uncredited)
	Carlos De Valdez as Tailor (uncredited)
	Claudia Dell as Agnes Salm (uncredited)
	Claire Du Brey as Woman (uncredited)
	Walter Fenner as Achille Fould (uncredited)
	Robert Frazer as (uncredited)
	Holmes Herbert as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
	Stuart Holmes as Soldier with Letter to Maximilian (uncredited)
	Noble Johnson as General Regules (uncredited)
	Alexander Leftwich as Drouyn de Lhuys (uncredited)
	Fred Malatesta as Señor Salas (uncredited)
	Lillian Nicholson as Josefa Iturbide (uncredited)
	Paul Porcasi as Councilman in Meeting with Maximilian (uncredited)
	Guy Bates Post as (uncredited)
	Pedro Regas as Antonio Regales (uncredited)
	Frank Reicher as Duc de Morny (uncredited)
	Jason Robards Sr. as (uncredited)
	Dewey Robinson as Soldier Collecting Signatures (uncredited)
	Walter O. Stahl as Senator de Valle (uncredited)
	Michael Visaroff as (uncredited)
	Robert Warwick as Major Du Pont (uncredited)
	Douglas Wood as Mr. Hartman (uncredited)

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