Juarez or Juarez and Maximilian is an American film directed by William Dieterle , released in 1939 .
Technical sheet
- Title: Juarez
- Director: William Dieterle , assisted by Irving Rapper (uncredited)
- Scenario: John Huston , Aeneas MacKenzie and Wolfgang Reinhardt from the play “Juarez and Maximilian” by Franz Werfel and the novel “The Phantom crown” of Bertita Harding
- Production: Henry Blanke (Associate Producer), Hal B. Wallis (Executive Producer)
- Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures , First National Pictures
- Photography: Tony Gaudio
- Editing: Warren Low
- Music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Artistic direction: Anton Grot
- Costumes: Orry-Kelly
- Country of origin: United States
- Format: Black and White – 35mm – 1.37: 1 – Sound: Mono
- Genre: Drama , Biography , Historical Film
- Duration: 132 minutes
- Release dates: United States : (first in New York ),(national exit); France :
Distribution
- Paul Muni : Benito Pablo Juárez
- Bette Davis : Empress Carlota Von Habsburg ( Charlotte of Belgium )
- Brian Aherne : Emperor Maximilian
- Claude Rains : Napoleon III
- John Garfield : General Porfirio Diaz
- Donald Crisp : Marshal Bazaine
- Joseph Calleia : Alejandro Uradi
- Gale Sondergaard : Empress Eugenie
- Gilbert Roland : Colonel Miguel Lopez
- Henry O’Neill : General Miguel Miramon
- Louis Calhern : LeMarc
- Montagu Love : Joseph de Montares
- Harry Davenport : Dr. Samuel Basch
- Walter Kingsford : Prince Richard Metternich
- Georgia Caine : Countess Battenberg
- John Miljan : General Mariano Escobedo
- Vladimir Sokoloff : Cancilio
- Monte Blue : Lerdo of Tajada
- Pedro de Cordoba : Riva Palacio
- Mickey Kuhn : Augustin Iturbide
And, among the uncredited actors:
- Noble Johnson : General Regules
- Fred Malatesta : Señor Salas
- Robert Warwick : Major Du Pont
- Douglas Wood : Mr. Hartman