The Prince And The Pauper (2001)

Description

Mark Twain's classic story of the pauper (Robert Timmins) who dreams of riches and the prince (Jonathan Timmins) who just wants to behave like a normal boy. After a chance meeting the two boys become friends and are amazed to discover that they are identical and can easily pass for each other - an opportunity to get what they have always wanted! but both learn that no life is as it seems: the Prince has to overcome an alcoholic fathers wrath and a spell in prison while the pauper is trapped in a palace rampant with political intrigue and in-fighting when the old King (Alan Bates) dies.