Princess Caraboo

Princess Caraboo

97 mins | Drama, Comedy, Mystery, History | Sept. 16, 1994

Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is understood that the woman is a princess from a far away land. She is then welcomed by a family of haughty aristocrats that only wants to heighten their prestige. However, the local reporter is not at all convinced she is what she claims to be and investigates. Is Caraboo really a princess?

Princess Caraboo

97 mins | Drama, Comedy, Mystery, History | Sept. 16, 1994

Princess Caraboo
Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is understood that the woman is a princess from a far away land. She is then welcomed by a family of haughty aristocrats that only wants to heighten their prestige. However, the local reporter is not at all convinced she is what she claims to be and investigates. Is Caraboo really a princess?
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers TriStar Pictures, Beacon Communications, Longfellow Pictures, Beacon Pictures, Ardican Films
Original title Princess Caraboo
Directors Michael Austin
Writers John Wells, Michael Austin

Cast

Jim Broadbent

as Mr. Worrall

Phoebe Cates

as Princess Caraboo / Mary Baker

Wendy Hughes

as Mrs. Worrall

Kevin Kline

as Frixos

John Lithgow

as Professor Wilkinson

Stephen Rea

as Gutch

Peter Eyre

as Lord Apthorpe

Jacqueline Pearce

as Lady Apthorpe

Roger Lloyd Pack

as Magistrate Haythorne

John Wells

as Reverend Hunt

John Lynch

as Amon McCarthy

John Sessions

as Prince Regent

Arkie Whiteley

as Betty

Kate Ashfield

as Ella

Ewan Bailey

as Ship's Captain

Annabel Brooks

as Lady Neville

Anna Chancellor

as Mrs. Peake

Rachel Fielding

as Mrs. Benson

Anoushka Fooks

as Charlotte

David Glover

as Musician

Jerry Hall

as Lady Motley

Jamie Harris

as Tom

Peter Howell

as Clerk of the Court

Barbara Keogh

as Mrs. Wilberforce

Anthony Van Laast

as Second Dressmaker

Phillip Lester

as Print Worker

Steven Mackintosh

as Harold

Tim McMullan

as Light Fingered Aristocrat

Murray Melvin

as Lord Motley

Dougray Scott

as Dragoon Captain

Andrew Seear

as Mr. Peake

David Sibley

as Harrison

Ed Stobart

as Footman

Stromboli

as Fire Eater

Pauline Thomson

as First Dressmaker

Jacqueline Tong

as Mrs. Hunt

Edward Tudor-Pole

as Lord Neville