The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001 · 1 hr 47 min · PG

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Directors

Alan Taylor

Actors

  • Ian Holm
  • Iben Hjejle
  • Tim McInnerny

Credits: 8

Summary

During Napoleon's exile on St. Helena, some loyalists hire a look-alike to swap places with the deposed Emperor. While the impostor lives in luxury on the island, the real Napoleon returns to Paris in order to retake the throne.

More about this movie

Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Sergeant 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 to be 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.

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