The Emperor's Club (2002)

7.1/10 • 108 min • Drama

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.

Cast

Kevin Kline

William Hundert

Emile Hirsch

Sedgewick Bell

Jesse Eisenberg

Louis Masoudi

Paul Dano

Martin Blythe

Rob Morrow

James Ellerby

Embeth Davidtz

Elizabeth

Edward Herrmann

Headmaster Woodbridge

Helen Carey

Miss Johnston

Purva Bedi

Anna Mehta

Deirdre Lorenz

Dr. Kelly Ryan

Joel Gretsch

Sedgewick Bell (older)

Steven Culp

Older Martin Blythe

Rahul Khanna

Older Deepak Mehta

Patrick Dempsey

Older Louis Masoudi

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