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Con man, escape artist, thief, master of disguise and psychopath, Charles Sobhraj was the chief suspect in the sensational unsolved murders of up to 20 young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal through 1975 and 1976. Having slipped repeatedly from the grasp of authorities worldwide, by 1976 Sobhraj was Interpol's most wanted man and had arrest warrants on three different continents.When Herman Knippenberg, a junior diplomat at the Dutch Embassy in Bangkok, unwittingly walks into Sobhraj's intricate web of crime, he sets off an extraordinary chain of events that will see these two diametrically opposed men engaged in a chase across the porous borders of the Asian Hippie Trail in its twilight years.The Serpent is based on the phenomenal true story of how one of the most elusive criminals of the 20th century was caught and brought to trial.
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Tahar Rahim
as Charles Sobhraj

Jenna Coleman
as Marie-Andrée Leclerc

Billy Howle
as Herman Knippenberg

Ellie Bamber
as Angela Knippenberg

Tim McInnerny
as Paul Siemons

Mathilde Warnier
as Nadine Gires

Grégoire Isvarine
as Remi Gires

Amesh Edireweera
as Ajay Chowdhury

William Brand
as Ambassador van Dongen

Ilker Kaleli
as Vitali Hakim
The Serpent has 1 season totalling 0 episodes, and the series has concluded.
The main cast of The Serpent includes Tahar Rahim (Charles Sobhraj), Jenna Coleman (Marie-Andrée Leclerc), Billy Howle (Herman Knippenberg), Ellie Bamber (Angela Knippenberg), Tim McInnerny (Paul Siemons).