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The Last Emperor of Mexico (2014)
Directed by Franz Leopold Schmelzer
Documentary, History · 45m
In Austria, he was known as an art collector and idealist. In Mexico, he was a colonialist aggressor responsible for thousands of deaths. And in France, he lost an empire. But who was the real Archduke Maximilian? Join us as we examine the brief and contentious reign of the last emperor of Mexico, a complex and conflicted member of the powerful Habsburg family, from his royal childhood in Vienna to his alliance with Napoleon III, who wanted to expand his empire to the Western Hemisphere.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Franz Leopold Schmelzer
Details
- Release date
- 2014-07-23
- Runtime
- 45m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- France, Germany, United States of America
- Production
- ZDF, ARTE, The Smithsonian Network