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.
Crew and Cast
Christine EdzardDirector
Derek JacobiMr. Frederick · Sir John
Paul BrookeLord Paramount
Julian Firth
John TamsIan Targett
Paddy Ward
Jo Warne
Chris Whittingham
Rory MurrayHenry Ottaway
Corin RedgraveSir Thomas NeathouseSally Ashby
Brenda BruceCindy Oswin
Bernard Padden
Emma Piper
John Warner
Roger HammondAugustus RoddickAlec WallisMarquess
Marty CruikshankCordelia Ditton
Susan Field
Graham Seed
Stanley Lloyd
Hilary Sesta
Murray MelvinJeremy Ruttle
Jonathan CecilSir Martin LocketJohn Atkinson
Una Brandon-JonesJames Greene
Zoe Hicks
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 7 December 1990
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- TMDB score
- 8.0 / 10 (3 votes)
Production
- Director
- Christine Edzard
- Writers
- Olivier Stockman, Christine Edzard
- Studios
- Sands Films, British Screen, Film4 Productions
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Box Office
- Budget
- $7.6M
- Revenue
- $79,139.0
- Profit
- $7.5M loss
- Return
- 0.0×
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English