The Emperor's New Clothes

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

The Emperor's New Clothes — 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.

• Release date
• August 11, 2001
• Runtime
• 107 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Drama
• Director
• Alan Taylor

The Emperor's New Clothes — Cast

Ian Holm Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand Iben Hjejle Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut Tim McInnerny Dr. Lambert Nigel Terry Montholon Eddie Marsan Louis Marchand

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Tom Watson Gerard Hugh Bonneville Bertrand Murray Melvin Antommarchi