The Emperor's Club

The Emperor's Club

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

2002•1h 48m•7.1/10

Drama

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7.1/10(395)

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.

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Universal Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

William Hundert

Emile Hirsch

Emile Hirsch

Sedgewick Bell

Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg

Louis Masoudi

Rishi Mehta

Deepak Mehta

Paul Dano

Paul Dano

Martin Blythe

Rob Morrow

Rob Morrow

James Ellerby

Embeth Davidtz

Embeth Davidtz

Elizabeth

Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

Headmaster Woodbridge

Helen Carey

Helen Carey

Miss Johnston

Molly Regan

Miss Peters

Helen Carey

Miss Johnston

Purva Bedi

Purva Bedi

Anna Mehta

Deirdre Lorenz

Deirdre Lorenz

Dr. Kelly Ryan

Joel Gretsch

Joel Gretsch

Sedgewick Bell (older)

Steven Culp

Steven Culp

Older Martin Blythe

Rahul Khanna

Rahul Khanna

Older Deepak Mehta

Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey

Older Louis Masoudi

Jimmy Walsh

Robert Bell

Michelle Foody

Real Redhead

Emily Doubilet

Redhead

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