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.
Title | The Fool |
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Year | 1990 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Studio | Sands Films, Film Four International, British Screen |
Cast | Derek Jacobi, Paul Brooke, Julian Firth, John Tams, Ian Targett, Paddy Ward |
Crew | Olivier Stockman (Writer), Christine Edzard (Writer), Christine Edzard (Director), Christine Edzard (Art Direction), Olivier Stockman (Editor), Robin Vidgeon (Director of Photography) |
Keyword | victorian england, social satire, woman director, double identity, financial fraud |
Release | Dec 07, 1990 |
Runtime | 140 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.00 / 10 by 2 users |
Popularity | 4 |
Budget | 7,600,000 |
Revenue | 79,139 |
Language | English |