The Emperor's New Clothes

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Ian HolmNapoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand

Iben HjejleNicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut

Tim McInnernyDr. Lambert

Nigel TerryMontholon

Eddie MarsanLouis Marchand

Tom Watson

Tom WatsonGerard

Hugh BonnevilleBertrand

Murray MelvinAntommarchi

Clive RussellSergeant Justin Bommel

Bob Mason

Bob MasonCaptain Nicholls

Trevor CooperLeaud

Chris LanghamMaurice