The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)

Directed by

Alan Taylor

Genre

historical drama film

Country

United Kingdom, Italy, United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging Napoleon Bonaparte swaps places with a lookalike to escape his island exile and secretly return to Paris. He tries to reclaim his past glory but finds himself drawn into the life of an ordinary civilian.

lightheartedwhimsicalslow-burnwarmplayfulhistorical-fantasycharmingunderstated

What happens

The Emperor's New Clothes is a 2001 historical drama film directed by Alan Taylor and based on the 1986 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. The plot imagines an alternate history in which Napoleon escapes his exile on Saint Helena. Although set in Paris, the film was mostly shot in Turin, Italy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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