The Fool (07/12/1990)

Production : Sands Films, Film Four International, British Screen

Synopsis

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.

Derek Jacobi

Paul Brooke

Julian Firth

John Tams