“Ambition became a tragedy”
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.
Franz Leopold Schmelzer
Heinrich Mayer Moroni
Ilona Grundmann
Marc Daems
Heinrich Mayer Moroni
Ingrid Götz
Franz Leopold Schmelzer
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)
Interspot Film
Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction
Associate Directors