--- title: 'The Emperor''s New Clothes (2001)' type: 'film' director: 'Alan Taylor' released: '2001-08-11' runtime_minutes: 107 genres: - 'History' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'Italy' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-emperors-new-clothes-2001' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282768/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Emperor's New Clothes (2001) 2001 · 107 min · History · United Kingdom, Italy, United States ## Synopsis 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, 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Alan Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-taylor) - **Screenplay:** [Alan Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-taylor) - **Original Music Composer:** [Rachel Portman](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-portman) - **Producer:** [Uberto Pasolini](https://cinepixo.com/people/uberto-pasolini) - **Director of Photography:** [Alessio Gelsini Torresi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessio-gelsini-torresi) ## Cast - [George Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-harris) - [Chris Langham](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-langham) - [Hugh Bonneville](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-bonneville) - [Clive Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-russell) - [Bob Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-mason) - [Tim McInnerny](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-mcinnerny) - [Ian Holm](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-holm) - [Trevor Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-cooper) - [Nigel Terry](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-terry) - [Russell Tovey](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-tovey) - [Eddie Marsan](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-marsan) - [Roger Frost](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-frost) - [Murray Melvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-melvin) - [Tim Barlow](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-barlow) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-emperors-new-clothes-2001 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1117790); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.