Ambition became a tragedy

The life and struggles of Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph Maria of Habsburg-Lorraine (1832-1867), emperor of the Second Mexican Empire as Maximilian I of Mexico from 1864 to 1867 (under the wing of Emperor Napoleon III and the French Empire), his tragic confrontation with Mexican leader Benito Juárez, the defeat of the will and the end of a dream.

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Main Cast: Jürgen Kapaun, Viktoria Hillisch, Dan Badarau, Christian Krall, Alberto Acosta, Klaus Feichtenberger, Michael König

Director: Franz Leopold Schmelzer

Writers: Heinrich Mayer Moroni, Ingrid Götz, Franz Leopold Schmelzer

Editor: Tanja Lesowsky

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