The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
The world's most powerful man is about to fight his greatest battle... between love and glory.
107 min
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.
- Release date
- August 11, 2001
- Country of origin
- United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Trailer
Cast
- Ian Holm as Napoleon Bonaparte
- Ian Holm as Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
- Iben Hjejle as Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut
- Tim McInnerny as Dr. Lambert
- Tom Watson as Gerard
- Nigel Terry as Montholon
- Hugh Bonneville as Bertrand
- Murray Melvin as Antommarchi
- Eddie Marsan as Louis Marchand
- Clive Russell as Sergeant Justin Bommel
- Bob Mason as Captain Nicholls
Crew
- Alan Taylor · Director
- Simon Leys · Writer
- Kevin Molony · Writer
- Alan Taylor · Writer
- Herbie Wave · Writer
- Uberto Pasolini · Producer
- Rachel Portman · Composer
- Alessio Gelsini Torresi · Cinematographer
- Masahiro Hirakubo · Editor
- Leo Davis · Casting director
- Andrea Crisanti · Production designer