The world's most powerful man is about to fight his greatest battle... between love and glory.
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.
- 6.7
- 2001
- Released
- 1h 47m
Ian Holm
Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
Iben Hjejle
Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut
Tim McInnerny
Dr. Lambert
Nigel Terry
Montholon
Eddie Marsan
Louis Marchand
Tom Watson
Gerard
Hugh Bonneville
Bertrand
Murray Melvin
Antommarchi
Clive Russell
Sergeant Justin BommelBob Mason
Captain Nicholls
Trevor Cooper
Leaud
Chris Langham
MauriceRussell Dixon
Dr. Quinton
George Harris
Papa NicholasNiall O'Brien
Bosun
Hayley Carmichael
Adele Raffin
Philip McGough
English Tourist
Tim Barlow
Bargee
Tony Vogel
British Sergeant
Russell Tovey
RecruitJohn McGlynn
GendarmeClive Mendus
Senior Orderly
Ashley Artus
Junior Orderly
Roger Frost
Bookseller
Matthew Sim
Ticket SellerPhil Hearne
Man
Moya Brady
Woman
Stefano Gragnani
BailiffHervé Ducroux
Brest Contact
Francesco Guzzo
Sentry at GarrisonPiero Lorenzo Ferrero
Tailor
Mario Pirrello
Released
en
- #based on novel or book
- #exile
- #napoleon bonaparte
- #19th century
Reviews
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 the emperor and who has agreed to swap places. Carefully smuggled back to the mainland, the impoverish