

72 minutes
12/16/1939
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.

Medea de Novara
as Empress Carlotta of Mexico

Conrad Nagel
as Maximilian

Jason Robards Sr.
as President Benito Juarez

Lionel Atwill
as General Bazaine

Guy Bates Post
as Louis Napoleon III

Evelyn Brent
as Empress Eugenie

Frank McGlynn Sr.
as President Abraham Lincoln

Nigel De Brulier
as Father Fisher

Gustav von Seyffertitz
as Metternich

Michael Visaroff
as Dr. Samuel Basch
Earl Gunn
as Porfirio Diaz

George Regas
as Mariano Escobedo

Rudolph Anders
as Herzfeld

Duncan Renaldo
as Col. Miguel López
Julian Rivero
as General Tomás Mejía