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.

Ian Holm
as Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand

Iben Hjejle
as Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut

Tim McInnerny
as Dr. Lambert

Nigel Terry
as Montholon

Eddie Marsan
as Louis Marchand

Tom Watson
as Gerard

Hugh Bonneville
as Bertrand

Murray Melvin
as Antommarchi

Clive Russell
as Sergeant Justin Bommel

Bob Mason
as Captain Nicholls
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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...