The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
Ratings:
6.8 (TMDb)
Released:
2001-08-11
Runtime:
1h 47m
Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Countries:
Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
Director:
Alan Taylor
Actors:
Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny, Nigel Terry, Eddie Marsan, Tom Watson, Hugh Bonneville, Murray Melvin
Synopsis
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.