The Palace Thief was released in the year 2002。The Palace Thief is also called as The Emperor's Club, Lección de honor, Keisareiden kerho, Emperor's Club, Császárok klubja, Clube do Imperador, Club des empereurs, Club der Cäsaren, Club degli imperatori。

William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.

The Palace Thief actors and actresses include Edward Herrmann, Embeth Davidtz, Emile Hirsch, Harris Yulin, Joel Gretsch, Katherine O'Sullivan, Kevin Kline, Michelle Foody, Paul Dano, Purva Bedi, Rahul Khanna, Rishi Mehta, Rob Morrow, Roger Rees, Steven Culp。