
The Fool
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.
- Year: 1990
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Sands Films, Film Four International, British Screen
- Keyword: victorian england, social satire, woman director, double identity, financial fraud
- Director: Christine Edzard
- Cast: Derek Jacobi, Paul Brooke, Julian Firth, John Tams, Ian Targett, Paddy Ward