Maximilian von Mexiko is a 1970 German-Austrian historical television miniseries depicting the events of the French Intervention in Mexico which placed Emperor Maximilian on the throne of Mexico. It consisted of two parts totalling 185 minutes.

Cast

Michael Heltau as Maximilian

Christine Wodetzky as Charlotte

Siegfried Wischnewski as Napoleon III

Katharina Matz as Kaiserin Eugenie

Albert Rueprecht as Kaiser Franz Joseph

Kurd Pieritz as Graf Rechberg

Hans Paetsch as Pope Pius IX

Richard Münch as Cardinal

Wolfgang Borchert as Bischof Pereda

Walter Klam as Herzog von Morny

Alexander Hegarth as Graf von Saligny

O.A. Buck as Graf Drouyn De Lhuys

Kurt A. Jung as Graf D'Arcy

Herbert Fleischmann as Sir Charles Wyke

Heinz Spitzner as Lord Russel

Herbert Steinmetz as Seward

Horst Beck as Bankier Jecker

Charles Brauer as Hidalgo

Wolfgang Weiser as Gutierrez

Friedrich Schütter as Almonte

Josef Dahmen as General Bazaine

Kurt Schmitt-Mainz as General Graf Prim

Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum as Steinsen

Peter Maertens as General Miramon

Uwe Friedrichsen as General Mejia

Wolfgang Rau as General Marques

Fritz von Friedl as Dr. Basch

Norbert Skalden as Prinz Salm

Petra Mood as Prinzessin Salm

Dieter Borsche as Benito Juárez

Hans Schellbach as General Escobedo

Rolf Schimpf as Oberst Vilianueva

Christian Claaszen as Oberst Lopez

Manfred Reddemann as Peter Corona

External links

Maximilian von Mexiko at krimiserien.heimat.eu

1970 television films

1970 films

1970s German television miniseries

Austrian television miniseries

1970s Austrian television series

Television series set in the 1860s

Television shows set in Mexico

1970 German television series debuts

1970 German television series endings

Television series based on actual events

1970s German-language films

German-language television shows

Films directed by Günter Gräwert

Second French intervention in Mexico films

ZDF original programming

Cultural depictions of Napoleon III

Cultural depictions of Franz Joseph I of Austria

Maximilian von Mexiko