The Emperor's New Clothes

2001 PG-13 1h 47m

6.8 / 10 45

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6.8/10

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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.

Director Alan Taylor

Writers

Rachel Bennette Simon Leys Kevin Molony

Stars

Ian Holm Iben Hjejle Tim McInnerny

Ian Holm

Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand

Iben Hjejle

Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut

Sergeant Justin Bommel

Piero Lorenzo Ferrero

Tailor

Mario Pirrello

Comedy Drama

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Geronimo1967 26 Jun 2025

7/10

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 impoverish...