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List of adaptations of The Prince and the Pauper

Last updated November 01, 2025

Mark Twain's 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper has been adapted for the screen and television a number of times:

Film

Direct or faithful adaptations

The Prince and the Pauper (1909), a two-reel short that features some of the only known film footage of Mark Twain, shot by Thomas Edison at Twain's Connecticut home, starring Cecil Spooner as Edward VI and Tom Canty.
The Prince and the Pauper (1915 film), directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin Stanton Porter; the first feature-length adaptation starring Marguerite Clark as Edward VI and Tom Canty.
The Prince and the Pauper (1920 film) (German: Prinz und Bettelknabe), a 1920 Austrian film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Tibor Lubinszky as Edward VI and Tom Canty
The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film), featuring Errol Flynn as Miles Hendon and Billy and Bobby Mauch as the title characters.
The Prince and the Pauper (1962 film), a Disney feature film starring Guy Williams as Miles Hendon with Sean Scully playing both title characters
The Prince and the Pauper (1977 film), starring Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Mark Lester, Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, Rex Harrison, and Charlton Heston; released in the US as Crossed Swords
The Prince and the Pauper (2000), a television film directed by Giles Foster and starring Aidan Quinn as Miles Hendon, Alan Bates, Jonathan Hyde, and Jonathan and Robert Timmins as the title characters.

Loose translations, pastiches, and parodies

Raju Peda (1954), a Telugu-version adaptation of the novel produced for Indian television
Raja Aur Runk (1968), a Bollywood film directed by Kotayya Pratyagatma. The film "Indianizes" many of the episodes in the original story. This film is a big-screen remake of Raju Peda.
Ringo (1978), TV special starring Ringo Starr, involving the former Beatles drummer trading places with his (fictional) talentless look-alike half-brother
The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film), an animated featurette starring Mickey Mouse
Class Act (1992), an urban re-telling starring Kid 'n Play
Dave (1993), in which Kevin Kline plays an uncanny lookalike named Dave who is recruited by the Secret Service to become a stand-in for the President of the United States
It Takes Two (1995), starring twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, in which two girls (one wealthy and the other an orphan, who resemble each other) switch places in order to experience each other's lives.
Tere Mere Sapne (1996), a Bollywood film in which two boys born on exactly the same date switch places to experience the other's life, whilst learning valuable lessons along the way
Baby Geniuses (1999)
Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004), an animated musical, with Barbie playing the blond Princess Anneliese and the brunette pauper Erika
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006), Garfield's second live-action film
The Prince and the Pauper: Double Trouble (2007), a direct-to-video animated film produced by BKN International
A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper (2007), starring Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Barbie: The Princess and the Popstar (2012), an animated musical adaptation in which Barbie plays a blonde princess named Victoria (Tori) and a brunette popstar named Keira who magically change places
The Princess Switch (2018), a Netflix adaptation starring Vanessa Hudgens

Television

Direct or faithful adaptations

The Prince and the Pauper (1955), BBC television adaptation by Rhoda Power, consisting of six thirty-minute episodes, with Tegid Wyn-Jones as Edward, Dwyryd Wyn-Jones as Tom Canty, Alan Edwards as Miles Hendon and James Raglan as Lord Hertford
DuPont Show of the Month (1957), single-episode adaptation with Johnny Washbrook as Tom Canty and Rex Thompson as Prince Edward
The Prince and the Pauper (1962), produced by Walt Disney Productions for Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color , a three-part adaptation filmed in Shepperton, England, featuring Guy Williams as Miles Hendon. Both Prince Edward and Tom Canty were played by Sean Scully, using an early version of the split-screen technique which the Disney studios use in the 1961 film The Parent Trap .
The Prince and the Pauper (1976), a six-part episode of the PBS series Once Upon a Classic
The Prince and the Pauper (1976), BBC television adaptation by writer Richard Harris, consisting of six thirty-minute episodes (re-broadcast in 1977 as two sixty-minute episodes), with Nicholas Lyndhurst in the starring role and Barry Stokes as Miles Hendon
The Prince and the Pauper (1996 TV series), a six-part BBC series starring James Purefoy, with Keith Michell reprising his role of Henry VIII, and screenplay by Julian Fellowes
The Princess & the Pauper (2000), from the 1995 original HBO Family animated series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child depicting a feminist twist with two African-American girls Zoe and Princess Olivia, both played by Raven-Symoné.

Rough translations, pastiches, and parodies

"The Prince and the Paupers" (1967), the 21st episode of The Monkees
"P.J. and the President's Son" (1976), a modern American-based ABC Afterschool Special with Lance Kerwin playing the dual role
"Duel and Duality" (1987), an episode of Blackadder the Third where the Prince Regent believes that the Duke of Wellington is after him. The prince swaps clothes with Blackadder (his butler) and says, "This reminds me of that story 'The Prince and the Porpoise'." Blackadder corrects him: "Pauper. The Prince and the Pauper."
"The Prince and the Pooch" (1996), an episode of Wishbone with Wishbone playing both Tom Canty and Edward VI
"Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" (2008), an episode of The Simpsons
’’Pokemon DP: Sinnoh League Victors episode Dawn of a Royal Day! had a similar plot.
Jake & Blake (2010), an Argentine television series which started out as a parody of The Prince and the Pauper, but turned to a more serious plotline as the show progressed
"Princess for a Day" (2011), an episode of Olivia (season 2, episode 4) with Olivia portrays the upper class Princess Anneliese and Stephanie portrays the lower class pauper Erika who switch places for a while.
"Make Play" (2011), an episode of Phineas and Ferb (season 2, episode 64), with Candace switching places with Princess Baldegunde of Duselstein and discovering that royal life is dull
"The Switch" (2013), an episode of Thomas and Friends with a similar plot.
"The Princess and the Pickpocket" (2017), an episode of the anime series Princess Principal . The characters Ange and Princess Charlotte have their history revealed by Ange under the guise of a fairy tale. Ten years prior to the start of the series, Ange, who was actually the real Princess Charlotte, met Princess, who was actually a common pickpocket named Ange and looked identical to her. They befriended one another and eventually decided to trade places for a day. Soon after the switch, however, a revolution broke out and divided their country, separating the girls and leaving them trapped in each other's roles.

References

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Characters	Prince Edward Tudor Tom Canty
Films	The Prince and the Pauper (1915) The Prince and the Pauper (1920) The Prince and the Pauper (1937) Raju Peda (1954) Raja Aur Runk (1968) The Prince and the Pauper (1977) The Prince and the Surfer (1999) The Prince and the Pauper (2000) The Pooch and the Pauper (2000) Beethoven's 4th (2001) The Twins (2005) Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper (2007) Frenemies (2012) I Am the King (2012)
Animated	The Prince and the Pauper (1990) "The Princess and the Pauper" (2000) Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000) Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004) "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" (2008) "Princess and the Popstar" (2011) Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (2012)
Related	List of adaptations Cultural depictions of Edward VI of England Coronation of Edward VI Jake & Blake Beggar Prince "The Shepherd" "The Principal and the Pauper" The Princess Switch

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List of adaptations of The Prince and the Pauper

Contents

Film

Direct or faithful adaptations

Loose translations, pastiches, and parodies

Television

Direct or faithful adaptations

Rough translations, pastiches, and parodies

See also

References