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The Emperor's New Clothes (2001) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Dec 7, 2001 · The Emperor's New Clothes: Directed by Alan Taylor. With Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny, Tom Watson. During Napoleon's exile on St. Helena, some loyalists hire a look-alike to swap places with the deposed Emperor.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Alan Taylor
- 2001-12-07
The Emperor's New Clothes is a 2001 historical drama film directed by Alan Taylor and based on the 1992 novel The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys. The film stars Ian Holm as Napoleon Bonaparte (his third performance as the military and political leader, after 1974's Napoleon and Love and 1981's Time Bandits ), Iben Hjejle, and Tim McInnerny.
Screenplay. Rachel Bennette. Script Editor. 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 ...
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- Alan Taylor
May 15, 1987 · With Sid Caesar, Robert Morse, Jason Carter, Lysette Anthony. In Europe several several centuries ago, a group of prisoners about to be executed are freed as part of the celebration of the upcoming marriage of the emperor's daughter, Princess Gilda, to a very rich prince from another country.
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