- On Netflix
- April 2nd
Inspired by real events, The Serpent reveals the story of serial conman Charles Sobhraj (Golden Globe nominee Tahar Rahim) and the remarkable attempts to bring him to justice. Posing as a gem dealer, Sobhraj and his girlfriend Marie-Andrée Leclerc (Jenna Coleman) travelled across Thailand, Nepal and India in 1975 and 1976, carrying out a spree of crimes on the Asian ‘Hippie Trail,’ becoming the chief suspects in a series of murders of young Western travellers.
When Herman Knippenberg (Billy Howle), a junior diplomat at the Dutch Embassy in Bangkok, unwittingly walks into this intricate web of crime, he – with the help of his spouse Angela (Ellie Bamber), police around the world and witnesses of Sobhraj’s devious manipulation — sets off an extraordinary chain of events that will see Sobhraj become Interpol’s most wanted man, with arrest warrants in multiple continents.
The Serpent was shot in Thailand and the UK. The plot is inspired by a true story, however all dialogue is fictionalised.
New 8 Episode Limited Series
Launches April 2 2021
Starring:
- Golden Globe nominee Tahar Rahim
- Jenna Coleman
- Billy Howle
- Ellie Bamber
- Amesh Edireweera
- Tim McInnerny
Auspices:
- Written by Richard Warlow and Toby Finlay
- Directed by Tom Shankland and Hans Herbots
- Executive produced by Richard Warlow, Tom Shankland, Preethi Mavahalli and Damien Timmer for Mammoth Screen; Produced by Stephen Smallwood
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