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The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)

11/08/2001 (DE)Comedy, Drama1h 47m
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The world's most powerful man is about to fight his greatest battle... between love and glory.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Ian Holm

      Ian Holm

      Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand

    2. Iben Hjejle

      Iben Hjejle

      Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut

    3. Tim McInnerny

      Tim McInnerny

      Dr. Lambert

    4. Nigel Terry

      Nigel Terry

      Montholon

    5. Eddie Marsan

      Eddie Marsan

      Louis Marchand

    6. Tom Watson

      Gerard

    7. Hugh Bonneville

      Hugh Bonneville

      Bertrand

    8. Murray Melvin

      Murray Melvin

      Antommarchi

    9. Clive Russell

      Clive Russell

      Sergeant Justin Bommel

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jun 26, 2025

    Exiled Napoleon (Sir Ian Holm) and his aides have come up with a cunning plan to get him from exile back into the heart of Paris where he can resurrect his imperial ambitions and restore his country to greatness. They have procured the services of an erstwhile deck hand who is the doppelgänger of the emperor and who has agreed to swap places. Carefully smuggled back to the mainland, the impoverished traveller has to make his own way to the city and with very few that he can trust to be loyal, he befriends the recently widowed “Nicole” (Iben Hjejle) and her young son “Gerard” (Tom Watson). Her ...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • exile
    • napoleon bonaparte
    • 19th century