The Return of Martin Guerre - Remake

Remake

Sommersby was a 1993 United States remake of the film, set after the American Civil War and starring Richard Gere and Jodie Foster. The same basic theme was used in an episode of The Simpson when it turns out that Principal Seymour Skinner is actually Armin Tamzarian (an orphan from New Orleans) who assumed the identity of Sargent Seymour Skinner when the latter was missing and assumed dead. When the real Seymour Skinner returns, the towns people turn against him discovering that for all of his faults, Armin Tamzarian is actually a better "Seymour Skinner" than the real one. Similarly, in Mad Men, Richard "Dick" Whitman goes to war (Korea) and his commanding officer, Lt. Donald "Don" Draper, is killed in an artillery barrage. With his body charred beyond recognition, Whitman switches dog tags with Draper and assumes his identity. The widow of the real Don Draper, Anna Draper, hunts him down believing Don has run out on her. Instead she discovers the switch and becomes a very close friend of the fake Don Draper (perhaps more so than the real one).