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The Emperor's Club
“In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.”
7.1 / 10• 2002• 1h 48m•PG-13• English
Drama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Kevin Kline
William Hundert
Lead
Emile Hirsch
Sedgewick Bell
Jesse Eisenberg
Louis Masoudi
RM
Rishi Mehta
Deepak Mehta
Paul Dano
Martin Blythe
Rob Morrow
James Ellerby
Embeth Davidtz
Elizabeth
Edward Herrmann
Headmaster Woodbridge
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Hoffman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Emperor's Club is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
