The Emperor's New Clothes

6.7 2001 1h 47m Germany

Comedy Drama

Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene Lenormand, sneak into Paris, then Lenormand will reveal himself and Napoleon will regain his throne. Things don't go at all well; first, the journey proves more difficult than expected, but more disastrously, Lenormand enjoys himself too much to reveal the deception. Napoleon adjusts somewhat uneasily to the life of a commoner while waiting, while Lenormand gorges on rich food.

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The world's most powerful man is about to fight his greatest battle... between love and glory. Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene Lenormand, sneak into Paris, then Lenormand will reveal himself and Napoleon will regain his throne. Things don't go at all well; first, the journey proves more difficult than expected, but more disastrously, Lenormand enjoys himself too much to reveal the deception. Napoleon adjusts somewhat uneasily to the life of a commoner while waiting, while Lenormand gorges on rich food.

Details

Directors

Alan Taylor

Writers

Rachel Bennette, Alan Taylor, Simon Leys, Kevin Molony, Herbie Wave

Cast

Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny, Nigel Terry, Eddie Marsan, Tom Watson, Hugh Bonneville, Murray Melvin, Clive Russell, Bob Mason, Trevor Cooper, Chris Langham, Russell Dixon, George Harris, Niall O'Brien

Production

Film4 Productions, Mikado Film, Redwave Films, Senator Film, Panorama Films, RAI

Languages

English

Countries

Germany, Italy, United Kingdom