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The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I of Mexico (Nagel) and his struggles against Benito Juarez (Robards). Empress Carlotta (Novora) is the "mad" empress who has a breakdown when she realizes her husband is condemned to death.
The Mad Empress: Directed by Miguel Contreras Torres. With Medea de Novara, Conrad Nagel, Jason Robards Sr., Lionel Atwill. Rival version of drama of Carlotta, Maximilian and Juarez, story better known from simultaneously filmed 1939 Juarez.
The picture featured Mexican cavalry troops as extras in the battle scenes. Torres also persuaded the Mexican government to tear down hundreds of telephone poles along the way to the National Palace to allow his cameras to shoot Maximilian's entrance to the city. Torres used these sequences in The Mad Empress. Sources conflict about the ...
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The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I of Mexico (Nagel) and his struggles against Benito Juarez (Robards). Empress Carlotta (Novora) is the "mad" empress who has a breakdown when she realizes her husband is condemned to death.
The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I of Mexico and his struggles against Benito Juarez.
