The Fool

• 7.0 Drama
• 1990-12-07
• 140 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Derek Jacobi (Mr. Frederick / Sir John) Paul Brooke (Lord Paramount) Julian Firth () John Tams () Ian Targett () Paddy Ward () Jo Warne () Chris Whittingham () Rory Murray (Henry Ottaway) Corin Redgrave (Sir Thomas Neathouse)

Director:

Christine Edzard

Writer:

Christine Edzard Olivier Stockman