Juarez (1939) **

The title is misleading. It's not the film about Mexico's first Indian president, but about its last emperor, Maximilian. In fact, the film's sympathies are entirely on Maximilian's side and Juarez is seen almost as a villain (although the true villain remains Napoleon III, whom the film blames for everything). Compared to most Hollywood biopics, the film is remarkably accurate as far as historical details are concerned, but its political point-of-view is quite naive.