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The Emperor's Club

20021h 48mDrama
directed by Michael Hoffman

“In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.”

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7.1 / 10
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6.9 / 10
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49 / 100
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Synopsis

William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.

Cast

Kevin Kline·William Hundert
Emile Hirsch·Sedgewick Bell
Jesse Eisenberg·Louis Masoudi
Rishi Mehta·Deepak Mehta
Paul Dano·Martin Blythe
Rob Morrow·James Ellerby
Embeth Davidtz·Elizabeth
Edward Herrmann·Headmaster Woodbridge
Helen Carey·Miss Johnston
Molly Regan·Miss Peters