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The Emperor's Club

In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.

Released PG-13 108 min 6.9/10 Votes: 17964

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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Movie

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Drama

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2002-11-22

Year:

2024

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United States of America

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English

Revenue:

$16M

Companies:

Universal Pictures

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