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The Tichborne Claimant(Movie, 1998)

1h 38min | Genre: Drama
The Tichborne ClaimantRating: 4.0/5 (with 11 vote)
The Tichborne Claimant is a 1998 British drama film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Joe Fisher. The film stars John Kani, Robert Pugh, Stephen Fry, Robert Hardy and John Gielgud. It is based on the Tichborne case, a historical case of identity theft. In 1854, Roger Tichborne, then-heir to the Tichborne Baronetcy, disappeared while traveling in South America. He was thought likely to have set sail with the ship Bella, which was shipwrecked off the coast of the Empire of Brazil, with no known survivors. In 1865, Thomas Castro, an Australian butcher, started claiming to be the missing heir. The dispute over his identity lasted to his death in 1898. While Castro is currently considered an impostor, doubts considering his real identity have persisted to the present. ()
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About The Tichborne Claimant

Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck. Some years later his erudite Afro-English valet, Bogle, is sent to investigate rumors that Tichborne survived and settled in Australia. An alcoholic ruffian answer's Bogle's inquiries claiming to be the lost heir. Bogle suspects fraud, but conspires with the claimant to split the inheritance should the latter succesfully pass himself off to friends, family and the courts. As the claimant returns to England to continue his charade, enough people confirm his identity to make both the claimant and Bogle believe that he just might be the rightful heir after all.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: England
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 06/03/1999 (World premiere: 08/01/1998)
Director: David Yates
Producer: Tom McCabe
Composer: Nicholas Hooper

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