110 minutes
10/13/2006
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.
Daniel Auteuil
as Napoleone Bonaparte
Elio Germano
as Martino Papucci
Monica Bellucci
as Baronessa Emilia Speziali
Francesca Inaudi
as Mirella
Sabrina Impacciatore
as Diamantina Papucci
Valerio Mastandrea
as Ferrante Papucci
Massimo Ceccherini
as Cosimo Bartolini
Omero Antonutti
as Maestro Fontanelli
Margarita Lozano
as Pascalina
José Ángel Egido
as Marchand
Achille Brugnini
as Colonnello Campbell
Vincent Lo Monaco
as Generale Drouot
Vittorio Amandola
as Sindaco Egisto Lonzi Tognarini
Emanuele Barresi
as Segretario comunale
Carlo Monni
as Notaio Bonci Bacelli
Fausto Caroli
as Ali
Andrea Cambi
as Oreste
Gianluca Iume
as Brogi
Raffaella Lebboroni
as Governante
Giorgio Algranti
as Inserviente #1
Carlo Neri
as Inserviente #2
Sandro Radicia
as Ufficiale francese
Andrea Buscemi
as Coadiutore
Simone Caroti
as Fruttivendolo
Marco Conte
as Cocchiere Emilia
Giorgio Cortigiani
as Pescatore nella taverna
Fabio Vannozzi
as Avventore taverna #1
Alberto Forti
as Avventore taverna #2
Guido Genovesi
as Avventore taverna #3
Pietro Fornaciari
as Pescivendolo sguaiato
Tommaso Forni
as Ufficiale lanciere polacco
Gloria Bigongiali
as Moglie Bonci Bacelli
Max Galligani
as Stalliere
Simone Gallo
as Soldato elbano
Francesco Gerardi
as Altro soldato elbano
Roberto Marini
as Consigliere municipale Mainardi
Sergio Pirilli
as Aiutante Generale Drouot
Giovanni Rindi
as Aiutante Colonnello Campbell
Luca Saglimbeni
as Lanciere polacco
Vincenza Scotto
as Madre di Napoleone
Maria Grazia Taddei
as Vecchia domestica
Carlo Ipata
as Musicista
Giorgio Sasso
as Musicista
Massimo Paciarello
as Musicista
Matteo Scarpelli
as Musicista
Francesco Bruni
as Cicisbeo di corte
Matteo Creatini
as Bruno
Jacopo Galli
as Pietrino
Amedeo Delle Piane
as Ferruccio
Matteo Gianfaldoni
as Altro scolaro
Giorgio Pierotti
as Poldino