Director Elizabeth Hobbs
Voices Jonathon Booth
Narrator Elizabeth Hobbs
Editor Mark Jenkins
Music John Harris
Sound Designer Jane Hicks

The Emperor is a watercolour animation about Napoleon Bonaparte. It is a tale of courage and war, heartbreak, death and pickled private parts.

Comic colour capers as we learn the tabloid tale of Bonaparte and his not-so bony part. A sensual wash from Waterloo to auctioneers as his pickled portion goes under the hammer. History was never this persuasive. History was never this.

The Emperor is a watercolour animation about Napoleon Bonaparte’s last moments on the island of Saint Helena. Captain Lepissoir, a brave soldier who fought with the Emperor’s grand army at the battle of Waterloo, sets out from Paris to rescue Bonaparte from exile. After a three-month journey he arrives at Longwood House on the remote island just as the Emperor expires. He is heartbroken and sets off home, narrowly missing the spectacle of his great hero’s private parts being snipped off during the post mortem. The tale finishes in the present day with the pickled penis being sold at a Christie's auction house for one thousand pounds.

Shot under a 35mm rostrum

Director Elizabeth Hobbs
Writer Elizabeth Hobbs
Voices Jonathon Booth
Narrator Elizabeth Hobbs
Editor Mark Jenkins
Music John Harris
Sound Designer Jane Hicks
Post Production Evolutions Television, Gemini Audio & The Sound Company
Producer Red Kite Productions
Thanks to Simon Payne & Christie's