The Barefoot Emperor
view in croatian- BE, NL, HR, BG
- 2019
- 95'
- drama, comedy
The King of the Belgians suffers a gunshot wound to the ear in an incident in Sarajevo and wakes up on a Croatian island, once Tito’s famed summer residence. While he tries to escape from the island to save his Kingdom, an envoy arrives announcing that the King has been proclaimed the first Emperor of a nationalist Nova Europa. Fed up with others determining his destiny, the King takes matters into his own hands.
- Director
- Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens
- Screenplay
- Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens
- Cinematography
- Ton Peters
- Editing
- David Verdurme
- Sound Design
- Charo Calvo
- Music
- Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
- Editing
- Morana Starčević
- Production Design
- Sabina Christova
- Cast
- Peter Van Den Begin, Titus De Voogdt, Bruno Georis, Lucie Debay, Geraldine Chaplin, Udo Kier, Siniša Labrović, Darko Stazić, Alen Sinkauz, Hassan Abdelghani
- Producers
- Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens
- Co-producers
- Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Lana Matić, Boris T. Matić, Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Mira Staleva, Stefan Kitanov
- Production
- Bo Films (BE)
- Co-production
- Topkapi Films (NL), Propeler Film (HR), Wajnbrosse Productions (BE), Art Fest (BG)
- World Sales
- Be For Films
- Croatian Distribution
- Zagreb Film Festival
- Support
- Flamanski audiovizualni fond (VAF), Filmski i audiovizualni centar Zajednice Valonija-Bruxelles (CCA/FWB), Nizozemski filmski fond (NFF), Hrvatski audiovizualni centar (HAVC), Bugarski nacionalni filmski centar (BNFC), Eurimages, Telenet, VRT/Canvas, VOO/Be tv, Lum.Invest, Belgian Federal Government Tax Shelter