As he listens to Nadine and Remi's testimony, Herman realises the scale of Charles's crimes.Ĭharles embarks on a terrifying trail of destruction in Nepal, while Nadine helps Herman gather the final evidence he needs for the police to act. Young Frenchman Dominique Renelleau tries to escape Charles Sobhraj's terrifying lair. Herman Knippenberg vows to investigate the murders of the Dutch couple Willem Bloem and his fiancée Helena Dekker. Marie-Andrée Leclerc leaves her life behind for the love of Charles Sobhraj but discovers the chilling cost. Herman Knippenberg, a Dutch diplomat in Bangkok, investigates the disappearance of a young couple who were last seen alive at the apartment of gem dealer Charles Sobhraj. The cast includes Tahar Rahim as Charles Sobhraj, Jenna Coleman as Marie-Andrée Leclerc, Billy Howle as Herman Knippenberg, Ellie Bamber as Angela Knippenberg (later Angela Kane), Amesh Edireweera as Ajay Chowdhury, Tim McInnerny as Paul Siemons, Chicha Amatayakul as Suda Romyen, Sahajak Boonthanakit as Major General Janthisan, lker Kaleli as Vitali Hakim, Adam Rothenberg as Gilbert Redland, Mathilde Warnier as Nadine Gires, Supadej "Kenneth" Wongwatanaphan as Yotin, Ellie de Lange as Helena Dekker, James Gerard as Jules, Dupont, Apasiri Kulthanan as Lawana, William Brand as Ambassador van Dongen, Chotika Sintuboonkul as Kannika, Ryan O'Donnell as Greg Raynott, Libby Jennings as Viola Raynott, Raphael Roger Levy as Count Michel-Andre Jurion, Fabien Frankel as Dominique Renelleau, Alice Englert as Teresa Knowlton, Tim McMullan as Douglas Cartwright, Nicole, Beutler as Dagmar Boeder, Johan Van Assche as Otto Boeder, Surasak "Noo" Chaiyaat as Romyen, Grégoire Isvarine as Remi Gires and Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Celia Austin. Sobhraj has tried to sell rights to his story many times, reportedly trying to charge up to 15 million dollars, but factual information is not copyrightable, so anyone can make a story based on facts in the media or from independent interviews. Why wasn't the book 'Serpentine' the main source of inspiration for the docuseries?
The story is set in the '70s as young travellers on the "hippie trail" in Asia were seen both by authorities and in the media as druggies or sexually permissive, and tracking down their killers wasn't always a priority for authorities in several different countries.
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But the producers of ' The Serpent' didn't adapt the series from a book instead, they based it on interviews that recounted the real-life story of Sobhraj.
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The lengthy account of his crimes was a non-fiction bestseller about the dangers of overly helpful "friends" offering free drinks. Thomas Thompson's book 'Serpentine' was a must-read in the 1970s and '80s for backpackers who were embarking on trips to Asia, a cautionary tale of Sobhraj and his girlfriend Marie-Andrée Leclerc (known as "Monique"). Gires ended up returning to her home in France. After delivering this evidence to Knippenberg, Sobhraj and Leclerc were arrested by police until they were eventually let go by a corrupt cop. Gires went undercover and snuck into Sobhraj's apartment to take photographs of articles left behind by the victims. Gires and her husband then teamed up with Knippenberg to find evidence against Sobhraj in the hopes of getting him arrested. It wasn't until Gires helped Dominique Renelleau (Fabien Frankel) escape from Thailand that she discovered how dangerous Sobhraj truly was. Unaware that Sobhraj was a killer, Gires would introduce him to potential clients, and most often than not, they'd end up as his victims.
Nadine Gires (Mathilde Warnier) played a pivotal role in assisting Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg (Billy Howle) build a case against Sobhraj that eventually led to his arrest.Īs shown in the series, Gires and her husband, Remi Gires (Grégoire Isvarine), were neighbours of Sobhraj and Marie-Andrée Leclerc (Jenna Coleman) while they were living at Kanit House in Bangkok. However, they did not speak with the imprisoned Sobhraj, who has manipulated his own story over the years. They interviewed Knippenberg along with several other real-life figures who are still alive. The creators decided to frame the story around Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg, who spent years on the trail of Sobhraj and was key to his eventual arrest. It was created by Tom Shankland and Richard Warlow.
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The story of the serial killer is an eight-part docudrama called ' The Serpent' from Mammoth Screen, which was first shown on BBC but is now available on Netflix. The Serpent a real true serial killer story The serial killer left a trail of bodies - mostly young European and North American backpackers - across Asia in the 1970s, then shocked everyone when he escaped from prison not once but at least four times. The twisting, real-life story of Charles Sobhraj, a murderer, thief and master of disguise, who was a hidden darkness in the mid-1970s on Asia's hippie trail.
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