Juarez and Maximilian

Juarez and Maximilian
Starring	Carlos Orellana
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	1934(1934)
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish
Budget	$140,000

JuarezorJuarez and Maximilian(Spanish:Juárez y Maximiliano) is a 1934Mexicanhistoricaldrama filmdirected byMiguel Contreras TorresandRaphael J. Sevilla.The film is set during theFrench intervention in Mexicoduring the 1860s, and features the battle betweenMaximilian I of MexicoandBenito Juárez.

The theme is based on the 1925 playFranz WerfelcalledJuarez and Maximilian.The theme is used again in the 1939 American filmJuarez.It was one of the few major commercial successes for theMexican film industryin the earlysound era,before the beginning of theGolden Age of Mexican cinema.

It was one of the most expensive Mexican films made at that time.

Cast

• Medea de NovaraasCarlota
• Enrique HerreraasMaximilian
• Alfredo del Diestroas Marshall Bazaine
• Antonio R. FraustoasPorfirio Díaz
• Froylan B. Tenes asBenito Juárez
• Matilde PalouasPrincess of Salm-Salm
• Julio Villarrealas Captain Pierron
• Carlos Orellanaas Doctor Basch
• María Luisa Zeaas Jardinera
• Mario Martínez Casado as José Luis Blasio
• Manuel Tamés as Grill
• Ramón Peónas Tudos
• Luis G. Barreiroas Professor Billibeck
• Abraham Galán as Colonel Miguel López
• Fernando Nava Ferriz as General Mariano Escobedo
• Alberto Miquel as Count Thun
• Godofredo del Castillo as Archbishop Labastida y Dávalos
• Roberto E. Guzmán as General Miguel Miramón
• Jesús Melgarejo as General Vicente Riva Palacio
• Ángel T. Sala as General Corona
• J. Enríquez as General Tomás Mejía
• Victorio Blancoas General Leonardo Márquez
• Alberto Galánas Hersfeld
• A. Sáenz as Count Bombelles

Bibliography

• Elena, Alberto & López, Marina Díaz.The Cinema of Latin America.Wallflower Press, 2003

External links

• Juarez and MaximilianatIMDb