The Fool

(1990)  Directed by Christine Edzard 
Writing credits Christine Edzard, Olivier Stockman

 
Plot Summary:  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. In fact he is not and his wealth and expertise are more in the minds of his associates than in reality. Interestingly, despite the large social gap between the two classes, there are many similarities in what goes on in both within this story. We see this as the main character switches back and forth between his charade as a peer and his real self... from Video Flicks
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Derek Jacobi as  Mr. Frederick and Sir John  and...
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Maria Aitken
Irina Brook
Paul Burke
Jim Carter 
Jonathan Cecil
James Cosmo
Rosalie Crutchley
Cyril Cusack

Joan Sims
Patricia Hayes 
Don Henderson 
Michael Hordern
John McEnery
Corin Redgrave
Miranda Richardson
Frederick Treves

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