The Fool (1990)

Cast

Derek Jacobi, Paul Brooke, Julian Firth, John Tams, Ian Targett

Overview

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.