Secrets d'histoire

Charlotte and Maximilian, the dark heroes of Mexico

Emperor Maximilian and his wife Charlotte, two sovereigns from Austria and Belgium, placed on a throne made-to-measure for them on the other side of the Atlantic, in Mexico. Despite their best intentions they were rapidly overtaken by events as they became players in a drama that was about to unfold.

Contributors: Patrick Weber, biographer; Olivier Defrance, historian; Philippe Séguy, writer; Joëlle Chevé, historian; Isaure de Saint-Pierre, biographer; Michel de Grèce, biographer; Anne Dion, curator at the Louvre; Stéphane Clerget, psychiatrist; Baudouin D'Hoore, archivist.

Presented by: Stéphane Bern.
Directed by: Dominique Leeb, Xavier Lefebvre, Benjamin Lehrer (France, 2019)