The Fool
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Christine Edzard
Derek Jacobi
Cyril Cusack
Ruth Mitchell
Maria Aitken
Irina Brook
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in 1857 London, the story of an obscure theater clerk who crosses from one world into another by leading a double life as a carefree aristocrat.
Director
Christine Edzard
Cast
Derek Jacobi
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Cyril Cusack
Ruth Mitchell
Maria Aitken
Irina Brook
Paul Brooks
Richard Caldicot
James Cairncross
Jim Carter
Jonathan Cecil
Maria Charles
Richard Clifford
James Cosmo
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Rosalie Crutchley
Chris Darwin
Nick Edmett
Michael Feast
Graham Fletcher Cook
Ian Gelder
Ann-marie Gwatkin
Dilys Hamlett
Roger Hammond
John Harding
Patricia Hayes
Don Henderson
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Michael Hordern
Stratford Johns
Arthur Kelly
Hugh Lloyd
Preston Lockwood
Miriam Margoyles
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John Mcenery
Philip Mcgough
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Michael Medwin
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Murray Melvin
Robin Meredith
Rory Murray
Siobhan Nicholas
Corin Redgrave
Miranda Richardson
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Joan Sims
Auriol Smith
Nicolas Tennant
Frederick Treves
Alec Wallis
Bill Wallis
Graham Fletcher-cook
Crew
Sarah Alcock
Tony Alcock
Celia Bannerman
Janice Barlow
Lisa Barlow
Ronnie Barlow
Tina Barr
John Barratt
Carrie Bayliss
Sarah Bennie
Tana Berry
Robert Bray
Louise Brooks
Neale Brown
Emma Burge
Paul Carr
Joyce Carter
Peter Cheesman
Adam Clarkson
Simon Clarkson
Bill Clayton
Charlotte Darwin
Rita Dean
Rostislav Doboujinsky
Hugh Doherty
Sabine Duthill
Christine Edzard
Christine Edzard
Harry Ellam
John Evans
Richard Feroze
Caroline Gardner
Catherine Goodley
Richard Goodwin
Sabine Goodwin
Albert Grassi
Justin Grassi
Jacky Green
Lilla Griffin
Stephanie Gwatkin
Annabel Hands
Alan Hausman
Annette Heron
Billy Hoven
Trevor Ingman
Linda Kathleen James
Iona Kendrick
Godfrey Kirby
Jonny Kurzman
Jayne Lambert
Fraser Maclean
Mick Mason
Trevor Mathurin
Henry Mayhew
Mary Mcgowan
Charles Mcmillan
John Mcmillan
Jo Measure
Toppet Moore
Jennifer Moseley
Shirley Nevin
Brian Paxton
Helen Pettit
Doris Philpott
Michel Sanvoisin
Peter Seater
Matthew Shrubb
Barbara Sonnex
Johanna Sonnex
Mark Sonnex
Olivier Stockman
Olivier Stockman
Olivier Stockman
Olivier Stockman
Norman Swindell
Emma Thistlethwaite
Jim Thompson
Terry Thomson
Judith Thorp
John Tyler
Robin Vidgeon
Alan Weeks
Marion Weise
Clare Wilkinson
Diane Wren
Julie Yule
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States February 1991
Released in United States May 1991
Released in United States September 1991
Released in United States October 1991
Shown at Berlin Film Festival (out of competition) February 15-26, 1991.
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 1991.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Contemporary World Cinema) September 5-14, 1991.
Shown at MIFED in Milan October 20-25, 1991.
Completed shooting April 27, 1990.
Released in United States February 1991 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival (out of competition) February 15-26, 1991.)
Released in United States October 1991 (Shown at MIFED in Milan October 20-25, 1991.)
Released in United States September 1991 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Contemporary World Cinema) September 5-14, 1991.)
Released in United States May 1991 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 1991.)