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

Screenplay

Michael Hoffman

Director

Ethan Canin

Writer

Cast

Kevin Kline's headshot

Kevin Kline

William Hundert
Emile Hirsch's headshot

Emile Hirsch

Sedgewick Bell
Embeth Davidtz's headshot

Embeth Davidtz

Elizabeth
Purva Bedi's headshot

Purva Bedi

Anna Mehta
Rob Morrow's headshot

Rob Morrow

James Ellerby
Edward Herrmann's headshot

Edward Herrmann

Headmaster Woodbridge
Helen Carey's headshot

Helen Carey

Miss Johnston
Jesse Eisenberg's headshot

Jesse Eisenberg

Louis Masoudi

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