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.
Cast
Daniel Auteuil
Napoleone Bonaparte
Elio Germano
Martino Papucci
Monica Bellucci
Baronessa Emilia Speziali
Francesca Inaudi
Mirella
Sabrina Impacciatore
Diamantina Papucci
Valerio Mastandrea
Ferrante Papucci
Massimo Ceccherini
Cosimo Bartolini
Omero Antonutti
Maestro Fontanelli
Margarita Lozano
Pascalina
José Ángel Egido
Marchand
Achille Brugnini
Colonnello Campbell
Vincent Lo Monaco
Generale Drouot
Vittorio Amandola
Sindaco Egisto Lonzi Tognarini
Emanuele Barresi
Segretario comunale
Carlo Monni
Notaio Bonci Bacelli
Fausto Caroli
Ali
Andrea Cambi
Oreste
Gianluca Iume
Brogi
Raffaella Lebboroni
Governante
Giorgio Algranti
Inserviente #1
Carlo Neri
Inserviente #2
Sandro Radicia
Ufficiale francese
Andrea Buscemi
Coadiutore
Simone Caroti
Fruttivendolo
Marco Conte
Cocchiere Emilia
Giorgio Cortigiani
Pescatore nella taverna
Fabio Vannozzi
Avventore taverna #1
Alberto Forti
Avventore taverna #2
Guido Genovesi
Avventore taverna #3
Pietro Fornaciari
Pescivendolo sguaiato
Tommaso Forni
Ufficiale lanciere polacco
Gloria Bigongiali
Moglie Bonci Bacelli
Max Galligani
Stalliere
Simone Gallo
Soldato elbano
Francesco Gerardi
Altro soldato elbano
Roberto Marini
Consigliere municipale Mainardi
Sergio Pirilli
Aiutante Generale Drouot
Giovanni Rindi
Aiutante Colonnello Campbell
Luca Saglimbeni
Lanciere polacco
Vincenza Scotto
Madre di Napoleone
Maria Grazia Taddei
Vecchia domestica
Carlo Ipata
Musicista
Giorgio Sasso
Musicista
Massimo Paciarello
Musicista
Matteo Scarpelli
Musicista
Francesco Bruni
Cicisbeo di corte
Matteo Creatini
Bruno
Jacopo Galli
Pietrino
Amedeo Delle Piane
Ferruccio
Matteo Gianfaldoni
Altro scolaro
Giorgio Pierotti
Poldino
Crew
Paolo Virzì
Director, Screenplay, Story
Francesco Bruni
Screenplay, Story
Giacomo Scarpelli
Screenplay, Story
Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay, Story
Ernesto Ferrero
Novel
Cecilia Zanuso
Editor
Antonio Dominici
Assistant Editor
Alessandro Pesci
Director of Photography
Henrique Laplaine
First Assistant Director
Matteo De Laurentiis
Executive Producer
Riccardo Tozzi
Producer
Giovanni Stabilini
Producer
Gianni Nunnari
Producer
Marco Chimenz
Producer
Fabio Conversi
Co-Producer
Francisco Ramos
Co-Producer
Francesco Frigeri
Production Design
Barbara Giordani
Casting Director
Gianluca Greco
Extras Casting, Second Unit Director
Maurizio Millenotti
Costume Design
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Key Hair Stylist
Alessandro Bertolazzi
Makeup Department Head
Alessandra Perpignani
Sound Editor
Mario Iaquone
Sound
Paolo Buonvino
Original Music Composer
Juan Bardem Aguado
Original Music Composer
Roberto Alchimede
Production Manager
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