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Napoleon and Me (2006)

Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man finds himself serving as librarian to the Great Emperor in exile, whom he deeply hates, yet soon begins recording Napoleon's memoirs, getting to know and learning to value the man behind the myth. Among seductions and affairs, expectations and fears, he will craft a precise portrait that nevertheless will not manage to hide a final, inevitable, disappointment.

  • Comedy
  • History

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Daniel AuteuilDaniel AuteuilNapoleone Bonaparte
  • Photo of Elio GermanoElio GermanoMartino Papucci
  • Photo of Monica BellucciMonica BellucciBaronessa Emilia Speziali
  • Photo of Francesca InaudiFrancesca InaudiMirella
  • Photo of Sabrina ImpacciatoreSabrina ImpacciatoreDiamantina Papucci
  • Photo of Valerio MastandreaValerio MastandreaFerrante Papucci
  • Photo of Massimo CeccheriniMassimo CeccheriniCosimo Bartolini
  • Photo of Omero AntonuttiOmero AntonuttiMaestro Fontanelli
  • Photo of Margarita LozanoMargarita LozanoPascalina
  • Photo of José Ángel EgidoJosé Ángel EgidoMarchand

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