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In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference. - The Emperor's Club
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Title: The Emperor's Club

Release Date: 22 Nov 2002

Runtime: 1h 48m

Genre: Drama

Director: Universal Pictures

Production Companies: Universal Pictures

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.

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Average Vote: 7.1 (380 votes)

Cast

  • William Hundert: Kevin Kline
  • Sedgewick Bell: Emile Hirsch
  • Elizabeth: Embeth Davidtz
  • Anna Mehta: Purva Bedi
  • James Ellerby: Rob Morrow
  • Headmaster Woodbridge: Edward Herrmann
  • Miss Johnston: Helen Carey
  • Louis Masoudi: Jesse Eisenberg
  • Martin Blythe: Paul Dano
  • The Nun: Katherine O'Sullivan
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