The Emperor's Club
“In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.”
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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Cast
32 people
Kevin Kline
William Hundert
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
The Road to El Dorado
Emile Hirsch
Sedgewick Bell
Known for
Into the Wild
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Jesse Eisenberg
Louis Masoudi
Known for
Now You See Me
The Social Network
Rishi Mehta
Deepak Mehta
No other roles listed
Paul Dano
Martin Blythe
Known for
Swiss Army Man
There Will Be Blood
Rob Morrow
James Ellerby
Known for
Numb3rs
Quiz Show
Embeth Davidtz
Elizabeth
Known for
Schindler's List
Bicentennial Man
Edward Herrmann
Headmaster Woodbridge
Known for
Gilmore Girls
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Helen Carey
Miss Johnston
Known for
The Next Three Days
Julie & Julia
Molly Regan
Miss Peters
Known for
Pollock
New York Stories
Helen Carey
Miss Johnston
Purva Bedi
Anna Mehta
Known for
Gabriel's Inferno: Part II
One of Us Is Lying
Michael Hoffman Director · Neil Tolkin Screenplay Ethan Canin Author
Worldwide gross $16M · Budget $12M · United States release November 22, 2002
Box office
Budget
$12,500,000
Worldwide gross
$16,300,000
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 22, 2002
Theatrical
United States · November 22, 2002
Theatrical
Germany
July 24, 2003 · Physical
Ireland
November 22, 2002 · Theatrical
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