The Emperor's Club

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

Genres

Drama

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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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$16300000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

108 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

22 November 2002

Country

United States of America

Cast

Kevin Kline

William Hundert

Emile Hirsch

Sedgewick Bell

Embeth Davidtz

Elizabeth

Purva Bedi

Anna Mehta

Rob Morrow

James Ellerby

Edward Herrmann

Headmaster Woodbridge

Helen Carey

Miss Johnston

Jesse Eisenberg

Louis Masoudi

Paul Dano

Martin Blythe

Katherine O'Sullivan

The Nun

Melissa Brown

Blonde Girl

Sophie Wise

Brunette

Emily Doubilet

Redhead

Michelle Foody

Real Redhead

Molly Regan

Miss Peters

Helen Carey

Miss Johnston

Deirdre Lorenz

Dr. Kelly Ryan

Joel Gretsch

Sedgewick Bell (older)

Steven Culp

Older Martin Blythe

Rahul Khanna

Older Deepak Mehta

Patrick Dempsey

Older Louis Masoudi

Jimmy Walsh

Robert Bell

Elizabeth Hobgood

Victoria Bell

Nick Hagelin

Martin Blythe the 4th

Chris Morales

Eugene Field

Gabriel Millman

Robert Brewster

Harris Yulin

Senator Bell

Luca Bigini

Copeland Gray

Michael Coppola

Russell Hall

Rishi Mehta

Deepak Mehta

Sean Fredricks

Mr. Harris

Dominique Deverau

Tawana Carver

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