The Fool

The Fool

140 mins | Drama | Dec. 7, 1990

A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.

The Fool

140 mins | Drama | Dec. 7, 1990

The Fool
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Sands Films
Original title The Fool
Directors Christine Edzard
Writers Olivier Stockman, Christine Edzard

Cast

Derek Jacobi

as Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Cyril Cusack

as The Ballad Seller

Ruth Mitchell

as The Girl

Maria Aitken

as Lady Amelia

Irina Brook

as Georgiana Shillibeer

Paul Brooke

as Lord Paramount

James Cairncross

as Mr. Trott

Jim Carter

as Mr. Blackthorn

Jonathan Cecil

as Sir Martin Locket

Maria Charles

as The Pure Gatherer

Richard Clifford

as George Locket

James Cosmo

as Mr. Bowring

Rosalie Crutchley

as Mrs. Harris

Patricia Hayes

as The Dowager Duchess