Princess Caraboo

Sep 16, 1994

1h 37m

★ 5.4

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?

Genres

Comedy

Drama

History

Mystery

Production Companies

TriStar Pictures

Ardican Films

Beacon Communications

Beacon Pictures

Longfellow Pictures

Princess Caraboo Trailers

Cast

Mr. Worrall

Jim Broadbent

Princess Caraboo / Mary Baker

Phoebe Cates

Mrs. Worrall

Wendy Hughes

Frixos

Kevin Kline

Professor Wilkinson

John Lithgow

Gutch

Stephen Rea

Lord Apthorpe

Peter Eyre

Lady Apthorpe

Jacqueline Pearce

Magistrate Haythorne

Roger Lloyd Pack

Reverend Hunt

John Wells

Amon McCarthy

John Lynch

Prince Regent

John Sessions

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