THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR
by Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
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.
international title: | The Barefoot Emperor |
original title: | The Barefoot Emperor |
country: | Belgium, Netherlands, Croatia, Bulgaria |
sales agent: | Be for Films |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth |
film run: | 98' |
screenplay: | Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth |
cast: | Peter Van Den Begin, Lucie Debay, Udo Kier, Geraldine Chaplin, Bruno Georis, Titus De Voogdt, Darko Stazic, Pieter van der Houwen, Sinisa Labrovic, Maya Storm Brosens |
cinematography by: | Ton Peters |
film editing: | David Verdurme |
art director: | Sabina Christova |
costumes designer: | Morana Starcevic |
producer: | Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth |
co-producer: | Arnold Heslenfeld, Stefan Kitanov, Boris T. Matić, Lana Matic, Laurette Schillings, Mira Staleva, Frans Van Gestel, Marc-Henri Wajnberg |
associate producer: | Philippe Logie |
line producer: | Lana Matic |
production: | Bo Films, Wajnbrosse Productions, Topkapi Films, Propeler Film, Art Fest |
backing: | Flanders Audiovisual Fund (BE), Eurimages |