Dieterle, William	...	(Director)
Franz Werfel, Bertita Harding	...	(Writer)
Paul Muni	...	Benito Juarez
Bette Davis	...	Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg
Brian Aherne	...	Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg
Claude Rains	...	Emperor Louis Napoleon III
John Garfield	...	Gen. Porfirio Diaz
Donald Crisp	...	Gen. Marechal Achille Bazaine
Joseph Calleia	...	Alejandro Uradi
Gale Sondergaard	...	Empress Eugenie
Gilbert Roland	...	Col. Miguel Lopez
Henry O'Neill	...	Gen. Miguel Miramon
Harry Davenport	...	Dr. Samuel Basch
Louis Calhern	...	LeMarc
Walter Kingsford	...	Prince Richard Metternich
Georgia Caine	...	Countess Battenberg
Montagu Love	...	Jose de Montares
John Miljan	...	Gen. Mariano Escobedo
Vladimir Sokoloff	...	Cancilio
Irving Pichel	...	Gen. Carabajal
Pedro de Cordoba	...	Riva Palacio
Gilbert Emery	...	Ambassador (scenes deleted)
Monte Blue	...	Lerdo de Tajada
Manuel Díaz	...	Pepe (Cancillo's son)
Hugh Sothern	...	John Bigelow
Mickey Kuhn	...	Crown Prince Augustin Itrubide
Billy Wilkerson	...	Gen. Tomás Mejia (as Bill Wilkerson)
Martin Garralaga	...	Gen. Negroni
Frank Lackteen	...	Manuel, (coachman)
William Edmunds	...	Italian Minister (scenes deleted)
Charles Halton	...	Mr. Roberts (scenes deleted)
Frank Mayo	...	Fould (scenes deleted)
Francis McDonald	...	Le Marc (a Creole) (scenes deleted)
Charles Middleton	...	Carbajal (scenes deleted)
Grant Mitchell	...	Mr. Harris (scenes deleted)

Summary: The newly named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carolotta arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juraez and democracy. He tries to appease the Mexicans but fails. Abraham Lincoln is supporting Juarez and asks the French to withdraw support for Maximilian. Carlotta goes to France to plead with Napoleon, to no avail.