The Emperor of Paris

The Emperor of Paris is a 2018 French historical drama film directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Éric Besnard and Richet.

Plot
The film is about an ex-con and master escape artist turned police officer. Under the reign of Napoleon, Francois Vidocq cuts a notorious figure in the Parisian underworld - he is the only man to have escaped the country's most terrifying penal colonies. However, some years later, he switched sides and gets hired as a detective in the French police. He founded his own private detective agency and became one of the greatest detectives of all times. However, his dark past still follows him...

Cast

 * Vincent Cassel as Eugène-François Vidocq
 * Freya Mavor as Annette
 * Denis Ménochet as Dubillard
 * August Diehl as Nathanael de Wenger
 * James Thierrée as Duke of Neufchâteau
 * Patrick Chesnais as M. Henry
 * Olga Kurylenko as Baroness Roxane of Giverny
 * Fabrice Luchini as Joseph Fouché
 * Denis Lavant as Maillard
 * Jérôme Pouly as Courtaux
 * Antoine Basler as Perrin

Filming
Shooting began on 25 September 2017. Between 19 October and 10 November 2017, scenes were shot on "La Base", the former Air Base 217 located near Brétigny-sur-Orge and Le Plessis-Pâté in the Essonne department.

Production also took place in the castles of Vaux-le-Vicomte and Fontainebleau in Seine-et-Marne, as well as in Pontoise Cathedral in Val-d'Oise.

Release
The film premiered at the Arras Film Festival on 3 November 2018. It was later released in France and Belgium on 19 December 2018, followed by other countries on later dates.