The Emperor's New Clothes

Overview

The Emperor of a European country demands new clothes to wear every day, in fact sometimes several times a day. He imposes a heavy tax on the poor citizens to pay for his vanity. An itinerant man and boy come to the capital city and see the injustice, and make friends, but they soon have to flee. They return disguised as Arab tailors, and offer to make the Emperor a new suit of clothes. But only the wise will be able to see it; fools, or those unfit for their public office, will not see anything. The Emperor orders the suit made, and much money is needed to purchase the raw materials. Eventually the suit is ready, and the Emperor and his officials pretend that they can see a wonderful outfit; will anyone prick the bubble of the illusion?

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 3, 1994

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

Czech

Countries

Czech Republic, Germany

Production

ZDF,Omnia Film München,Mirofilm,MiroFilm

Cast

Harald Juhnke,Andréa Ferréol,Jan Kalous,Carsten Voigt,Tereza Pokorná-Herzová,Andrej Hryc,Juraj Herz,Miloš Nesvadba,Radek Kuchař,Michala Urbanováand 2 more

Director

Juraj Herz

Writer

Bernd Fiedler,Hans Christian Andersen

Producer

Sabine Tettenborn,Marius Schwarz

Cinematography

Rudolf Blaháček

Music

Petr Hapka

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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