Mexico in the 1870s. The French expeditionary force lands in Mexico. Emperor Napoleon III of France and local conservatives establish a monarchy in the country and decide to place their protégé, Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg, on the Mexican throne. In the ensuing war of national liberation, the freedom-loving Indians, the Maztecs, led by their chief Bear's Eye, side with the legitimate deposed president of Mexico, Benito Juárez.
1. Episode 1
Next1988-12-25
2. Episode 2
1988-12-28
Gojko Mitić
Häuptling Bärenauge
Leon Niemczyk
Pablo Cortejo
Andreas Schmidt-Schaller
Der Kleine André
Erwin Berner
Kaiser Maximilian
Helmut Schellhardt
Benito Juarez
Rolf Mey-Dahl
General Merija
