ComedyDramaHistoryMystery

Princess Caraboo

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

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?

Release Date : 1994-09-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : TriStar PicturesArdican FilmsBeacon CommunicationsBeacon PicturesLongfellow Pictures

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Mr. Worrall

Original Name : Jim Broadbent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Princess Caraboo / Mary Baker

Original Name : Phoebe Cates

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Worrall

Original Name : Wendy Hughes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frixos

Original Name : Kevin Kline

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Wilkinson

Original Name : John Lithgow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gutch

Original Name : Stephen Rea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Apthorpe

Original Name : Peter Eyre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Apthorpe

Original Name : Jacqueline Pearce

Gender : Female

Character Name : Magistrate Haythorne

Original Name : Roger Lloyd Pack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reverend Hunt

Original Name : John Wells

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amon McCarthy

Original Name : John Lynch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prince Regent

Original Name : John Sessions

Gender : Male

Character Name : Betty

Original Name : Arkie Whiteley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ella

Original Name : Kate Ashfield

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ship's Captain

Original Name : Ewan Bailey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Neville

Original Name : Annabel Brooks

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Peake

Original Name : Anna Chancellor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Benson

Original Name : Rachel Fielding

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charlotte

Original Name : Anoushka Fooks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Musician

Original Name : David Glover

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Motley

Original Name : Jerry Hall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tom

Original Name : Jamie Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clerk of the Court

Original Name : Peter Howell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Wilberforce

Original Name : Barbara Keogh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Second Dressmaker

Original Name : Anthony Van Laast

Gender : Male

Character Name : Print Worker

Original Name : Phillip Lester

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harold

Original Name : Steven Mackintosh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Light Fingered Aristocrat

Original Name : Tim McMullan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Motley

Original Name : Murray Melvin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dragoon Captain

Original Name : Dougray Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Peake

Original Name : Andrew Seear

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harrison

Original Name : David Sibley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Footman

Original Name : Ed Stobart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fire Eater

Original Name : Stromboli

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Dressmaker

Original Name : Pauline Thomson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Hunt

Original Name : Jacqueline Tong

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lord Neville

Original Name : Edward Tudor-Pole

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Antonia Dauphin

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-02

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 just riding the wave - and a wave not necessarily of her own making? Despite the assembling of a strong cast here, the film flows a bit like treacle uphill. It looks great, the costumes and stately homes complemented by a suitably grand Richard Hartley score work well, but somehow the whole thing just lacks spirit. Jim Broadbent tries his best, but John Lithgow and Kevin Kline seem here to be seen in an English period drama rather than because either have anything much to contribute to the unremarkably crafted screenplay. It's an intriguing story - but little of that intrigue comes across here as this disappoints, slowly, more than it dazzles. Pity.