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The Emperor's New Clothes

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Plot

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.

Cast

Ian Holm as Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
Ian Holm

as Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand

Iben Hjejle as Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut
Iben Hjejle

as Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut

Tim McInnerny as Dr. Lambert
Tim McInnerny

as Dr. Lambert

Nigel Terry as Montholon
Nigel Terry

as Montholon

Eddie Marsan as Louis Marchand
Eddie Marsan

as Louis Marchand

Tom Watson as Gerard
Tom Watson

as Gerard

Hugh Bonneville as Bertrand
Hugh Bonneville

as Bertrand

Murray Melvin as Antommarchi
Murray Melvin

as Antommarchi

Clive Russell as Sergeant Justin Bommel
Clive Russell

as Sergeant Justin Bommel

Bob Mason as Captain Nicholls
Bob Mason

as Captain Nicholls

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • August 11, 2001

Production Companies

  • Film4 Productions

  • Mikado Film

  • Redwave Films

  • Senator Film

  • Panorama Films

  • RAI

Production Countries

  • Germany

  • Italy

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.78 hrs

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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 impoveris…