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The Lost King. Philippa Langley (Sally Hawkins). Copyright: Graeme Hunter Pictures
The Lost King

The Lost King

  • 2022 film

Comedy drama based on the discovery of King Richard III's grave beneath a council car park in Leicester. Stars Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan and Harry Lloyd.

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The Lost King. Copyright: Graeme Hunter Pictures

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2022
Stars
Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan and Harry Lloyd
Writers
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
Director
Stephen Frears
Producers
Dan Winch and Steve Coogan
Company

In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics.

The Lost King is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country's most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most controversial kings in England's history.

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Additional details

UK certificate
12A
Duration
108 minutes
UK release
Friday 7th October 2022
Produced
2021
Distributors

Pathe

Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

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