The Emperor's New Clothes

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.

Cast

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

as Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand

Iben Hjejle

Iben Hjejle

as Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut

Tim McInnerny

Tim McInnerny

as Dr. Lambert

Nigel Terry

Nigel Terry

as Montholon

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan

as Louis Marchand

Tom Watson

Tom Watson

as Gerard

Hugh Bonneville

Hugh Bonneville

as Bertrand

Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin

as Antommarchi

Clive Russell

Clive Russell

as Sergeant Justin Bommel

Bob Mason

Bob Mason

as Captain Nicholls

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Exiled Napoleon (Sir Ian Holm) and his aides have come up with a cunning plan to get him from exile back into the heart of Paris where he can resurrect his imperial ambitions and restore his country to greatness. They have procured the services of an erstwhile deck hand who is the doppelgänger of th...

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