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Release Date:
7 November 2002 (Australia)
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The world's most powerful man is about to fight his greatest battle... between love and glory.
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Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene Lenormand...
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A forgotten gem
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ian Holm | ... | Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand |
 | Iben Hjejle | ... | Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut |
 | Tim McInnerny | ... | Dr. Lambert |
 | Tom Watson | ... | Gerard |
| Nigel Terry | ... | Montholon |
 | Hugh Bonneville | ... | Bertrand |
| Murray Melvin | ... | Antommarchi |
 | Eddie Marsan | ... | Louis Marchand |
| Clive Russell | ... | Sergeant Justin Bommel |
| Bob Mason | ... | Captain Nicholls |
| Trevor Cooper | ... | Leaud |
| Chris Langham | ... | Maurice |
| Russell Dixon | ... | Dr. Quinton |
 | George Harris | ... | Papa Nicholas |
| Niall O'Brien | ... | Bosun |
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Rated PG for brief language.
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Japan:107 min | Argentina:108 min | USA:107 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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While the historical Napoleon never had the opportunity to say "They have changed my battlefield". It is reported that the Duke of Wellington said exactly that when he revisited the place after the huge Belgian memorial mound was erected there.
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Napoleon Bonaparte:
They've changed my battlefield.
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I watched the first screening of 'The Emperor's New Clothes' at the London Film Festival. The film seemed to disappear from the public eye after that, even though I personally thought that it was a good film.
In summary, this film is about Napoleon who wants to get his lost power back, and he pretends he is a peasant in order to eventually rise up and seize it. During this time, he meets a woman he falls in love with. The film explores how his life evolves over the longing of love and power, and there is the realization that he cannot achieve both.
This film is moving and witty. One of the most memorable scenes was when Napoleon tries to convince others that he is Napoleon, but he is not believed, and they take him to an asylum where there are many others there that believe that they are Napoleon.
I was surprised that this film did not get respected; it is a forgotten gem.