The Emperor's Club

The Emperor's Club

108 mins | Drama | Nov. 22, 2002

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.

The Emperor's Club

108 mins | Drama | Nov. 22, 2002

The Emperor's Club
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title The Emperor's Club
Directors Michael Hoffman
Writers Ethan Canin, Neil Tolkin

Cast

Kevin Kline

as William Hundert

Emile Hirsch

as Sedgewick Bell

Embeth Davidtz

as Elizabeth

Purva Bedi

as Anna Mehta

Rob Morrow

as James Ellerby

Edward Herrmann

as Headmaster Woodbridge

Helen Carey

as Miss Johnston

Jesse Eisenberg

as Louis Masoudi

Paul Dano

as Martin Blythe

Melissa Brown

as Blonde Girl

Sophie Wise

as Brunette

Emily Doubilet

as Redhead

Michelle Foody

as Real Redhead

Molly Regan

as Miss Peters

Helen Carey

as Miss Johnston

Deirdre Lorenz

as Dr. Kelly Ryan

Joel Gretsch

as Sedgewick Bell (older)

Steven Culp

as Older Martin Blythe

Rahul Khanna

as Older Deepak Mehta

Patrick Dempsey

as Older Louis Masoudi

Jimmy Walsh

as Robert Bell

Elizabeth Hobgood

as Victoria Bell

Nick Hagelin

as Martin Blythe the 4th

Chris Morales

as Eugene Field

Gabriel Millman

as Robert Brewster

Harris Yulin

as Senator Bell

Luca Bigini

as Copeland Gray

Michael Coppola

as Russell Hall

Rishi Mehta

as Deepak Mehta

Sean Fredricks

as Mr. Harris

Dominique Deverau

as Tawana Carver