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Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte hatches a cunning plan to return from exile and reclaim control of France. When he encounters a sailor who bears an uncanny resemblance to him, he arranges to swap places so he can make his way to Paris unnoticed. However, the double gets a little too used to living the life of an emperor, leaving the real Bonaparte stuck as a commoner. Drama, starring Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle and Tim McInnerny
2001
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Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Ian Holm
(Actor)
.. Napoleon Bonaparte/Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
Iben Hjejle
(Actor)
.. Nicole `Pumpkin' Truchaut
Tim McInnerny
(Actor)
.. Dr Lambert
Tom Watson
(Actor)
.. Gerard
Nigel Terry
(Actor)
.. Montholon
Hugh Bonneville
(Actor)
.. Bertrand
Murray Melvin
(Actor)
.. Antommarchi
Clive Russell
(Actor)
.. Sgt Justin Bommel
Chris Langham
(Actor)
.. Maurice
Alan Taylor
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Ian Holm
(Actor)
.. Napoleon Bonaparte/Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
Born:
September 12, 1931
in
Goodmayes, Ilford
Best Known For:
More than 40 years of acclaimed film and theatre roles.
Early-life:
Ian Holm Cuthbert was born on September 12, 1931, in Goodmayes, Ilford. His father worked as a psychiatrist and superintendent at the local mental asylum. His brother Eric died of cancer in 1944. He attended Chigwell Grammar School, and became interested in acting after watching a production of Les Miserables, starring Charles Laughton. He began studying at Rada in 1950 and, after a year of National Service, joined the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Career:
Holm's first professional appearance was as a spear carrier in a 1956 production of Othello. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was said to be the most likely successor to Laurence Olivier. His first memorable screen appearance came in 1968's A Midsummer Night's Dream. His most famous movies since include Alien, Chariots of Fire, Greystoke, Brazil, The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Day After Tomorrow.
Quote:
'I'm a small, stumpy guy who came into movies a bit late.'
Trivia:
He was awarded a CBE in 1990 and knighted in 1998.
Iben Hjejle
(Actor)
.. Nicole `Pumpkin' Truchaut
Tim McInnerny
(Actor)
.. Dr Lambert
Born:
September 18, 1956
in
Cheadle Hulme, Stockport
Best Known For:
Paying Captain Darling and Percy in Blackadder
Early-life:
McInnerny was born in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, in 1956, and educated at Marling School, Stroud, and Wadham College, Oxford. After graduating in 1979 he set about becoming a serious actor and joined several drama companies. His big break came when he was in the original production of Pravda with Anthony Hopkins, and on TV in Edge of Darkness (1985) where he played a revolutionary socialist.
Career:
After several well-received theatre roles he was cast as Lord Percy in Blackadder and has been linked to the comedy masterpiece ever since. Subsequent hits include Wetherby (1985), Erik the Viking (1989), a film production of Shakespeare's Richard III (1995), FairyTale: A True Story (1997), Notting Hill (1999), 102 Dalmatians (2000), The Emperor's New Clothes (2001), and Severance (2006). TV hits include Spooks and Trial and Retribution. He also played Dr Frank-N-Furter in the 1990 West End production of The Rocky Horror Show.
Quote:
'Blackadder was such good fun, but it was just six weeks' work once every two years.'
Tom Watson
(Actor)
.. Gerard
Nigel Terry
(Actor)
.. Montholon
Hugh Bonneville
(Actor)
.. Bertrand
Born:
November 10, 1963
in
London
Best Known For:
Downton Abbey.
Early-life:
Born Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams on November 10, 1963, in London. When he was younger he was often mistaken for rugby hero Will Carling. After leaving school with good exam results, he was accepted by Cambridge University, where he was taught theology by Dr Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. 'Everything he said went completely over my head,' says Bonneville of Williams's lectures. He originally wanted to be a lawyer, but decided to tread the boards instead.
Career:
Following a spell on stage, Bonneville made his TV debut in teen sitcom Dodgem. He spent the next few years dividing his time between theatre, TV and film work, having small parts in such projects as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Cadfael, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Tomorrow Never Dies, Bugs, and Mosley. He had a regular role in sitcom Holding the Baby, but finally became a recognisable face thanks to the movie Notting Hill in 1999. Since then he's appeared in The Cazalets, Madame Bovary, The Gathering Storm, Tipping the Velvet, Doctor Zhivago, Twenty Twelve, and Love Again. He won rave reviews for his role in the TV comedy Freezing and Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story. However, he's become a TV superstar on both sides of the Atlantic in recent years thanks to his starring role in period drama Downton Abbey. Recent projects have included W1A and The Monuments Men.
Quote:
'I was once congratulated in Oxford Street for my brilliant portrayal of Mr Darcy, so apparently I looked like Colin Firth when I had curly hair. I reckon I could play him in a biopic.'
Trivia:
He is a patron of the London children's charity Scene & Heard and medical relief charity Medical Emergency Relief International.
Murray Melvin
(Actor)
.. Antommarchi
Clive Russell
(Actor)
.. Sgt Justin Bommel
Chris Langham
(Actor)
.. Maurice
Alan Taylor
(Director)
