Juarez

Juarez (1939)

Approved 10 Jun 1939 • Biography, Drama, History • 2h 5m
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The newly-named Emperor Maximillian, the only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire, arrives in Mexico in the early 1860s with his wife Carlotta to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juarez and popular demand for democracy. With an elite group of Mexican monarchists, Maximillian tries to appease the democratic Mexicans but he fails. Abraham Lincoln continues to support Juarez and asks the French to withdraw support for Maximilian. Carlotta goes to France to plead with Napoleon III, to no avail.

William Dieterle
Director
John Huston, Æneas MacKenzie, Wolfgang Reinhardt
Writer
Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne
Starring

Language: English, Spanish
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total
Country: United States
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6.9

IMDb (2584 votes)
71%
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