THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR
A film by Jessica WOODWORTH & Peter BROSENS
2019 – Belgium / Netherlands / Croatia / Bulgaria – Dramedy
SYNOPSIS Nicolas III, King of the Belgians, suffers a gunshot wound to the ear during an unfortunate incident in Sarajevo. He wakes up in a sanatorium on a Croatian island that once was Tito’s renowned summer residence. The King’s entourage tries in vain to protect him from the news that the recent implosion of their kingdom has sparked the collapse of the European Union. The fragile King demands to return home at once, but instead he is condemned to a strict regime of rest and rehabilitation by the authoritarian sanatorium director, Dr. Otto Kroll. A delegation from Vienna arrives headed by the distinguished Dr. Ilse von Stroheim, architect of a nationalist Nova Europa. She bears the thunderous news that the last King of the Belgians will become the first Emperor of Europe. The King, fed up with others determining his destiny, decides to take matters into his own hands.
CAST
Peter VAN DEN BEGIN
Lucie DEBAY
Udo KIER
Geraldine CHAPLIN
Bruno GEORIS
Titus DE VOOGDT
CREW +
Producers – Peter BROSENS & Jessica WOODWORTH, Frans VAN GESTEL, Arnold HESLENFLED & Laurette SCHILLINGS, Boris T. & Lana MATIC, Stefan KITANOV & Mira STALEVA and Marc-Henri WAJNBERG
Production companies – Bo Films, Topkapi Films, Propeler Film, Art Fest, Wajnbrosse Productions
Screenwriters – Jessica WOODWORTH & Peter BROSENS
Cinematographer – Ton PETERS
Editor – David VERDUME
INFOS
Running time - 98'
Ratio – 1.85:1
Language – English, Dutch, French, German
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