The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
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.
- Released
- 2001-08-11
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Alan Taylor, Alan Taylor, Kevin Molony, Herbie Wave
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 45 votes
Cast
- Ian Holm as Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
- Iben Hjejle as Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut
- Tim McInnerny as Dr. Lambert
- Nigel Terry as Montholon
- Eddie Marsan as Louis Marchand
- Tom Watson as Gerard
- Hugh Bonneville as Bertrand
- Murray Melvin as Antommarchi
- Clive Russell as Sergeant Justin Bommel
- Bob Mason as Captain Nicholls
- Trevor Cooper as Leaud
- Chris Langham as Maurice