Release Date
2014-07-23
Status
Released
Original Title
The Last Emperor of Mexico
Runtime
45 min
Original Language
EN
Production Countries
France, Germany, United States of America
Production Companies
ZDF, ARTE, The Smithsonian Network
Overview
In Austria, he was known as an art collector and idealist. In Mexico, he was a colonialist aggressor responsible for thousands of deaths. And in France, he lost an empire. But who was the real Archduke Maximilian? Join us as we examine the brief and contentious reign of the last emperor of Mexico, a complex and conflicted member of the powerful Habsburg family, from his royal childhood in Vienna to his alliance with Napoleon III, who wanted to expand his empire to the Western Hemisphere.
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