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Feature film — 2002

The Emperor's Club (2002)

7.11h 48mDrama

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

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Director: Michael Hoffman

On screen

Cast & crew

Kevin Kline as William Hundert

Kevin Kline

William Hundert

Emile Hirsch as Sedgewick Bell

Emile Hirsch

Sedgewick Bell

Jesse Eisenberg as Louis Masoudi

Jesse Eisenberg

Louis Masoudi

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Rishi Mehta

Deepak Mehta

Paul Dano as Martin Blythe

Paul Dano

Martin Blythe

Rob Morrow as James Ellerby

Rob Morrow

James Ellerby

Embeth Davidtz as Elizabeth

Embeth Davidtz

Elizabeth

Edward Herrmann as Headmaster Woodbridge

Edward Herrmann

Headmaster Woodbridge

Helen Carey as Miss Johnston

Helen Carey

Miss Johnston

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Molly Regan

Miss Peters

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Helen Carey

Miss Johnston

Purva Bedi as Anna Mehta

Purva Bedi

Anna Mehta

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