The Emperor's New Clothes
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alan Taylor
Ashley Artus
Nial O'brien
Chris Langham
Francesco Guzzo
Eddie Marsan
Film Details
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Synopsis
History tells us that Napolean Bonaparte died in exile on the desolate island of St. Helena in 1821. Or did he? A revisionist take on history, this tale proposes an alternative truth in which a secret network of loyalists hatch an ingenious plot: the Emperor will return to Paris, in order to reclaim his throne, while a look-alike takes his place in exile. Trading identities with a dissolute sailor, Napolean is spirited back to France to reclaim his throne. Yet early on in the scheme, the plan goes awry. The double refuses to give up playing Napolean, thereby leaving the former Emperor in Paris. Alone and penniless, Napoleon wanders through Paris unrecognized, trying to forge a new life as a commoner. Subsequently, he meets and falls for a beautiful widow.
Director
Alan Taylor
Cast
Ashley Artus
Nial O'brien
Chris Langham
Francesco Guzzo
Eddie Marsan
Stefano Gragnani
Iben Hjejle
Murray Melvin
Russell Tovey
Tom Hunsinge
Tim Mcinnerny
Herve Ducroux
Giovanni Gianasso
Sergio Ballo
Hayley Carmichael
Moya Brady
Bob Mason
Caterina Venturini
Nigel Terry
Russell Dixon
John Mcglynn
George Harris
Roger Frost
Timothy Barlow
Hugh Bonneville
Clive Mendus
Tony Vogel
Trevor Cooper
Ian Holm
Matthew Sim
Clive Russell
Piero Lorenzo Ferrero
Philip Mcgough
Phil Hearne
Crew
Daniele Abeille
Emiliano Acciaresi
Paolo Alaggia
Alejandro Rosas Allain
Gianluca Aloi
Palmiro Aloi
Marco Alzetta
Marco Alzetta
Antonio Amato
Antonio Angiuoli
Philippe Antonello
Giovanni Anzalone
Maurizio Aquilanti
Alberto Arpinelli
Jeff Atmajian
Andre Atzu
Vanessa Baker
Kim Ballard
Sergio Ballo
Olivia Barker
Renato Bartolucci
Claudio Bassignana
Rachel Bennette
Angelique Beres
Maria Graciela Bernal
Francesca Birri
Stefano Biscaro
Simona Boccanfuso
Marco Bonaudo
Anselmo Bonora
Marcantonio Borghese
Aida Bortnik
Giulia Botto
Luca Grivet Bramcot
Luca Brignone
Denton Brown
Martella Bugeja
Lucia Bugoloni
Luigi Buldrini
Peter Burgis
Roberta Butti
Nicola Caffarelli
Gastone Callori
Paolo Cameli
Mario Camilleri
Francesca Campanella
Omero Capanna
Maria Rosaria Caracciolo
Manuel Carlucci
Alberto Carmellini
Chantal Carmellini
Enrico Casadei
Mama Cazort
Roberto Cicutto
Marta Cipriani
Emilio Cirulli
Mmariano Colace
Alfredo Colangeli
Francesco Colangeli
Vito Colazzo
Carmela Compagnone
Luigi Conversini
Sabrina Coppolecchia
Stefania Corsetti
Giovanni Cosi
Simon Cox
Chris Cozens
Andrea Crisanti
Katia Crispino
Antonino Cucillo
Maura Cuda
Matt Cullen
Paolo Curci
Maurizio Cusano
Luigi D'ambrosca
Davide D'ambrosi
Angelo D'offizi
Stefano D'offizi
Roberto Danesi
Severo Danesi
Joannah Simone Daniell
Hannah Davies
Leo Davis
Francesco De Biase
Mario De Cinti
Michele De Leo
Marco De Leonibus
Marco De Leonibus
Carlo De Rocco
Anna De Santis
Mauro De Vito
Andrew Debono
Giancarlo Del Brocco
Fabiomassimo Dell'orco
Valentino Della Posta
Elizabeth Dench
Andie Derrick
Alessandro Macchi Di Cellere
Romano Di Chio
Andrea Di Giacomo
Andrea Di Giacomo
Fabrizio Di Marcello
Chris Dibble
Otello Diodato
Otello Diodato
Anna Domino
Mattia Donna
Brendan Donnison
Ditch Doy
Paddy Eason
Anna Edlebi
Pierre Ellul
Michael Elson
Sergio Ercolessi
Alice Ersano
Francesco Esposito
Richard Etchells
Paolo Faenzi
Maurizio Faloci
Robert Farr
Marco Federici
Stefano Fenocchi
Giorgio Ficarra
Mauro Fiori
Stefano Fiorino
Kayser Foyz
Claudio Frollano
Claudio Frollano
Massimiliano Frondaroli
Rita Galea
Giovanni Gebbia
Marcelle Genovese
Fabio Gentili
Giovanni Giannini
Gioacchino Paolo Giardina
Samuele Giardina
Beniamino Gigli
Christian Giuliani
Orlando Graupiera Acosta
Orlando Graupiera Acosta
Cecilia Gurlino
Jim Hajicosta
Pippa Hall
George Hamer
Ed Hawkins
Stewart Henderson
Mike Higgins
Masahiro Hirakubo
Martin Hobbs
Melissa Holm
Peter Hunt
Hanno Huth
Adilia Ismailova
Merrin Jensen
Barbel Kreisl
Douglas Larmour
Enrico Latella
Nicki Ledermann
Pietro Leone
Annabel Leri-soler
Polly Leys
Simon Leys
Fabrizio Libertini
Charlotte Loughnane
Mike Lubin
Mauro Lucantoni
Simone Lucchetti
Simone Lucchetti
Luigi Lumbari
Elda Magnanti
Antonio Maltempo
Dino Mancini
Mauro Mancini
Vicenzo Mancini
Paolo Marasciulo
Dante Marcoaldi
Sabrina Marocchini
Pasqual Martino
Enzo Massoli
Piercarlo Mauri
Massimo Mazzoni
Ruth Mccance
Bob Mclarty
Maria Erminia Melato
Giacoma A Mellini
Alessandro Merluzzi
Maurizio Micalizzi
Maurizio Micalizzi
Massimo Minna
Manuela Minoli
Riccardo Mioni
Andrea Missa
Clare Mohoney
Alessandra Molinari
Kevin Molony
Kevin Molony
Marco Moneta
Filomena Monterisi
Charles Moore
Abigail Morgan
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer June 14, 2002
Released in United States June 28, 2002
Released in United States on Video December 10, 2002
Released in United States August 2001
Released in United States November 2001
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 2-12, 2001.
Shown at London Film Festival (Evening Standard Film on the Square) November 7-22, 2001.
Simon Leys' novel "The Death of Napoleon" was first published in France by Editions Hermann. It was published in the United States by Quartet in 1991.
Released in United States Summer June 14, 2002
Released in United States June 28, 2002 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video December 10, 2002
Released in United States August 2001 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 2-12, 2001.)
Released in United States November 2001 (Shown at London Film Festival (Evening Standard Film on the Square) November 7-22, 2001.)
