The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.
Paul Muni
as Benito Pablo Juárez
Bette Davis
as Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg
Brian Aherne
as Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg
Claude Rains
as Emperor Louis Napoleon III
John Garfield
as General Porfirio Diaz
Donald Crisp
as Maréchal Bazaine
Joseph Calleia
as Alejandro Uradi
Gale Sondergaard
as Empress Eugenie
Gilbert Roland
as Colonel Miguel Lopez
Henry O'Neill
as General Miguel Miramon
Harry Davenport
as Dr. Samuel Basch
Louis Calhern
as LeMarc
