Film
Maximilian of Mexico: The Dream of Ruling
2015Directed by Franz Leopold Schmelzer
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- Released
- Runtime
- 53m
About Maximilian of Mexico: The Dream of Ruling
- Documentary
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Franz Leopold Schmelzer
- Writers
- Heinrich Mayer
- Ingrid Götz
- Franz Leopold Schmelzer
- Original title
- Maximilian von Mexiko: Der Traum vom Herrschen
