PRÄRIEJÄGER IN MEXIKO

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.

PRINCIPAL CAST

GOJKO MITIĆHäuptling Bärenauge

LEON NIEMCZYKPablo Cortejo

ANDREAS SCHMIDT-SCHALLERDer Kleine André

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ERWIN BERNERKaiser Maximilian

HELMUT SCHELLHARDTBenito Juarez

ROLF MEY-DAHLGeneral Merija