Film

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001 · 1h 47m · Comedy · Drama

The world's most powerful man is about to fight his greatest battle... between love and glory.

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

73%

Metacritic

60

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.

Ian Holm

Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand

Iben Hjejle

Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut

Tim McInnerny

Dr. Lambert

Nigel Terry

Montholon

Eddie Marsan

Louis Marchand

Tom Watson

Gerard

Hugh Bonneville

Bertrand

Murray Melvin

Antommarchi

Clive Russell

Sergeant Justin Bommel

Bob Mason

Captain Nicholls

Trevor Cooper

Leaud

Chris Langham

Maurice

Russell Dixon

Dr. Quinton

George Harris

Papa Nicholas

Niall O'Brien

Bosun

Hayley Carmichael

Adele Raffin

• Alan TaylorDirector · Screenplay
• Kevin MolonyScreenplay
• Herbie WaveScreenplay
• Simon LeysNovel
• Uberto PasoliniProducer
• Hanno HuthExecutive Producer
• Paul WebsterExecutive Producer
• Roberto CicuttoExecutive Producer
• Alessio Gelsini TorresiDirector of Photography
• Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer

The Emperor's New Clothes (2004) | Film4 Trailer

Release date

August 11, 2001

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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