Peking, 1908. De driejarige Pu Yi wordt op de Drakentroon geplaatst als 'Heer van Tienduizend Jaren', keizer van bijna de helft van de toenmalige wereldbevolking. Ondanks dat is hij het eenzaamste jongetje van de wereld.
Nee, helaas is The Last Emperor nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Joyce Herlihy | Producer |
| Writing | Bernardo Bertolucci | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mark Peploe | Screenplay |
| Art | Bruno Cesari | Production Design |
| Sound | Bill Rowe | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Aisin-Gioro Puyi | Author |
| Sound | David Byrne | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Franco Giovale | Producer |
| Sound | Ivan Sharrock | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Gabriella Cristiani | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Acheson | Costume Design |
| Art | Ferdinando Scarfiotti | Production Design |
| Directing | Bernardo Bertolucci | Director |
| Production | John Daly | Producer |
| Sound | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vittorio Storaro | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Enzo Ungari | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabrizio Sforza | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Michael Saxton | Post Production Supervisor |
| Art | Gianni Giovagnoni | Art Direction |
| Production | Mario Cotone | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Jeremy Thomas | Producer |
| Production | Stefano Bolzoni | Production Manager |
| Sound | Su Cong | Music |
| Production | Joanna Merlin | Casting |
| Editing | Catherine Hodgson | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Angelo Novi | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Biao Wang | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Ann Tasker | Unit Publicist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iole Cecchini | Hair Designer |
| Crew | Gino De Rossi | Special Effects |
| Art | Maria Teresa Barbasso | Art Direction |
| Art | Gianni Silvestri | Art Direction |
| Directing | Suzanne Durrenberger | Continuity |
| Directing | Nicoletta Peyran | Third Assistant Director |
| Art | Maurice Binder | Main Title Designer |
| Directing | Ning Ying | Assistant Director |
