"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
Walter Kingsford
as Prince Richard Metternich
Georgia Caine
as Lady in Waiting
Montagu Love
as Jose de Montares
John Miljan
as Mariano Escobedo
Vladimir Sokoloff
as Camilo
Irving Pichel
as General Carbajal
Pedro de Cordoba
as Riva Palacio
Monte Blue
as Lerdo de Tajada
Manuel Díaz
as Pepe
Hugh Sothern
as John Bigelow
Mickey Kuhn
as Augustin Iturbide
Billy Wilkerson
as Tomas Mejia
Martín Garralaga
as Negroni
Frank Lackteen
as Coachman
Egon Brecher
as Baron von Magnus (uncredited)
Gennaro Curci
as Señor de Leon (uncredited)
Carlos De Valdez
as Tailor (uncredited)
Claudia Dell
as Agnes Salm (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
as Woman (uncredited)
Walter Fenner
as Achille Fould (uncredited)
Robert Frazer
as (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as Soldier with Letter to Maximilian (uncredited)
Noble Johnson
as General Regules (uncredited)
Alexander Leftwich
as Drouyn de Lhuys (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta
as Señor Salas (uncredited)
Lillian Nicholson
as Josefa Iturbide (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
as Councilman in Meeting with Maximilian (uncredited)
Guy Bates Post
Pedro Regas
as Antonio Regales (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
as Duc de Morny (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
Dewey Robinson
as Soldier Collecting Signatures (uncredited)
Walter O. Stahl
as Senator de Valle (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff
Robert Warwick
as Major Du Pont (uncredited)
Douglas Wood
as Mr. Hartman (uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator
Irving Rapper
Dialogue Coach
Milan Roder
Ernesto A. Romero
Technical Advisor
Wolfgang Reinhardt
Screenplay
William Dieterle
Director
Æneas MacKenzie
Franz Werfel
Theatre Play
Bertita Harding
Novel
John Huston
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Henry Blanke
Associate Producer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Original Music Composer
Warren Low
Editor
Anton Grot
Art Direction
Elmer Fryer
Still Photographer
Rydo Loshak
Wardrobe Master
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
C.A. Riggs
Sound
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Gerald W. Alexander
Jack L. Warner
Executive In Charge Of Production