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The great costumes and sets are more substantial than the plot and characters.
Daniel M. Kimmel, Variety
Princess Caraboo
She was everything they dreamed of... And nothing they expected.
1994 · 1h 37m · PG
Comedy, Drama, History, Mystery
Directed by
Michael Austin
Overview
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?
Director and cast
- Michael Austin Director
- 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
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