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The Emperor of Paris (2018)

L'Empereur de Paris (original title)
TV-MA | | Adventure, Crime, History | 19 December 2018 (France)
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Under the reign of Napoleon, François Vidocq, the only man who escaped from the greatest penal colony of the country, is a legend of the low-Parisian fund. Left for dead after his last ... See full summary »

Director:

Jean-François Richet

Writers:

Éric Besnard (adaptation), Éric Besnard (dialogue) | 3 more credits »

Stars:

Vincent Cassel, Patrick Chesnais, August Diehl | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vincent Cassel ... François Vidocq
Patrick Chesnais ... Henry
August Diehl ... Nathanaël
Olga Kurylenko ... La Baronne
Denis Lavant ... Maillard
Freya Mavor ... Annette
Denis Ménochet ... Dubillard
Jérôme Pouly Jérôme Pouly ... Courtaud (as Jérôme Pouly de la Comédie Française)
James Thierrée James Thierrée ... Le duc
Fabrice Luchini ... Fouché
Fayçal Safi Fayçal Safi ... Mehmet
Antoine Lelandais Antoine Lelandais ... Fleur d'Epine
Frédéric Fix Frédéric Fix ... Pélissier
Némo Schiffman Némo Schiffman ... Charles
Lucien Belvès Lucien Belvès ... Poitou
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Storyline

Under the reign of Napoleon, François Vidocq, the only man who escaped from the greatest penal colony of the country, is a legend of the low-Parisian fund. Left for dead after his last spectacular escape, the ex-penal colony prisoner tries to make him forget under the traits of a single trader. Written by Hugo Van Herpe

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Plot Keywords:

location in title | city name in title | based on real person | 19th century | year 1805 | See All (36) »

Genres:

Adventure | Crime | History | Thriller

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Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

19 December 2018 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

The Emperor of Paris See more »

Filming Locations:

Base 217, Brétigny-sur-Orge, Essonne, France See more »
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,611,035
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Mandarin Films, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma See more »
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Color

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2.40 : 1
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Trivia

This is not the first time that Vincent Cassel slips into the shoes of a famous historical figure. He had played the artist Paul Gauguin (Gauguin - Voyage de Tahiti, 2017), the Austrian doctor Otto Gross (A Dangerous Method, 2011), the famous French gangster Jacques Mesrine (Mesrine: The Instinct of Death and Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1) and the knight, lord and serial killer Gilles de Rais (Joan of Arc, 1999). See more »

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Music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
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Boring
21 April 2019 | by chouby007 – See all my reviews

Boring, stay home. no endearing characters, history is absent, no character is developed. I heard that it was a true story .. unfortunately to export this film it would have been interesting to tell us a little more about who is Vidoc .. I was bored from beginning to end. I should have chose tranguay le retour insted
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