Maximilian of Mexico: The Dream of Ruling (2015)
Overview
The life and struggles of Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph Maria of Habsburg-Lorraine (1832-1867), emperor of the Second Mexican Empire as Maximilian I of Mexico from 1864 to 1867 (under the wing of Emperor Napoleon III and the French Empire), his tragic confrontation with Mexican leader Benito Juárez, the defeat of the will and the end of a dream.
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| Original Language | de |
| Popularity | 1.142 |
Directed By
Franz Leopold Schmelzer
Crew
Isaac Herrera García
Franz Leopold Schmelzer
Erich Mang
David Ayala
Karin Uthof
Fulvio Sabia
Pablo García
Ingrid Götz
Franz Leopold Schmelzer
Harald Mittermüller
Petra Plank
Helmut Wimmer
Johan de Graeve
Alex Novaca
Ioana Liță
Tavatha Menéndez
Alin Gurita
Franz Moritz
Omar Sánchez
Wolfgang Lederer
Stefan Horninger
Tanja Lesowsky
Fabio Goglia
Octavio Sánchez
Michael Plöderl
Monika Krestan
Marc Daems
Christof Unterberger
Yolanda Martínez
Otger Kunert
Doris Kendler
Susanne Todter
Ilona Grundmann
Bernd Dormayer
Eva Gressel
Martin Papirowski
Sumaya Saghy-Abou-Harb
Mariela Aviles
Francesco Morosini
Thomas Hajda
Elisabeth Gressel
Heinrich Mayer Moroni
Marco Tulio
Heinrich Mayer Moroni
José Luis Herrera
Thomas Varga
Patricia Aguilar
Michael Schreiber
TOP CAST
Jürgen Kapaun
Maximilian
Viktoria Hillisch
Charlotte
Dan Badarau
Napoleon III
Christian Krall
Franz Joseph I
Alberto Acosta
Benito Juárez
Klaus Feichtenberger
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Michael König
Himself - Narrator (voice)
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