Princess Caraboo( 1994)

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She was everything they dreamed of... And nothing they expected.

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?

Top Billed Cast

Jim Broadbent
Mr. Worrall
Phoebe Cates
Princess Caraboo / Mary Baker
Wendy Hughes
Mrs. Worrall
Kevin Kline
Frixos
John Lithgow
Professor Wilkinson
Stephen Rea
Gutch
Peter Eyre
Lord Apthorpe
Jacqueline Pearce
Lady Apthorpe
Roger Lloyd Pack
Magistrate Haythorne
John Wells
Reverend Hunt
John Lynch
Amon McCarthy
John Sessions
Prince Regent
Arkie Whiteley
Betty
Kate Ashfield
Ella
Ewan Bailey
Ship's Captain
Annabel Brooks
Lady Neville
Anna Chancellor
Mrs. Peake
Rachel Fielding
Mrs. Benson
Anoushka Fooks
Charlotte
David Glover
Musician
Jerry Hall
Lady Motley
Jamie Harris
Tom
Peter Howell
Clerk of the Court
Barbara Keogh
Mrs. Wilberforce
Anthony Van Laast
Second Dressmaker
Phillip Lester
Print Worker
Steven Mackintosh
Harold
Tim McMullan
Light Fingered Aristocrat
Murray Melvin
Lord Motley
Dougray Scott
Dragoon Captain
Andrew Seear
Mr. Peake
David Sibley
Harrison
Ed Stobart
Footman
Stromboli
Fire Eater
Pauline Thomson
First Dressmaker
Jacqueline Tong
Mrs. Hunt
Edward Tudor-Pole
Lord Neville
Antonia Dauphin

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Nov 02 2023

Phoebe Cates is quite charming here as the enigmatic young woman who appears, very much like a fish out of water, in a Georgian English village. She's clearly not a local, and is heading for jail for begging before a supposed "interpreter" steps in claiming that he can understand her dialect and stating that she is really the eponymous character from a land far, far away.... The local "Worrall" landowners love the idea and embrace her. Not for her sake, of course, but because it adds kudos to their middle-ranking existence with the "county set". Thing is, is she actually a princess or is she ju...