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The Emperor's Club (2002)
- PG-13
- 11/22/2002 (US)
- Drama
- 1h 48m
In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.
Overview
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.
Neil Tolkin
ScreenplayMichael Hoffman
DirectorEthan Canin
WriterCast
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Kevin Kline
William Hundert![Emile Hirsch's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/Ah8BYOB7P8tX9jnQVrnAbL2kxYJ.jpg)
Emile Hirsch
Sedgewick Bell![Embeth Davidtz's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/nwsdu9lOsKJ5v9RwOCc7kAiuxSO.jpg)
Embeth Davidtz
Elizabeth![Purva Bedi's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/oppODJvFwISpFnOfhSc2sB2b4Zq.jpg)
Purva Bedi
Anna Mehta![Rob Morrow's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/nxF4xVyEtQLMxDXlhJHnCoKM4MI.jpg)
Rob Morrow
James Ellerby![Edward Herrmann's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/sO9IoAlw3CLJZT6UF35cZBcTYRV.jpg)
Edward Herrmann
Headmaster Woodbridge![Helen Carey's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/dO38ToWOtBH87fpAxjdQFDCasep.jpg)
Helen Carey
Miss Johnston![Jesse Eisenberg's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/yYhwWRcxDHTn63gSEF1vnDAD7cD.jpg)