Rent The Fool (1990)
3.9 of 5 from 49 ratings
2h 5min
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- Synopsis:
- A contemporary of Charles Dickens, Henry Mayhew collected and classified a vast series of detailed interviews with London street traders, beggars, thieves, artisans and performers. Based on their thoughts and their words, on the one side, and on letters and dairies of members of the upper classes on the other side, "The Fool" is the story of a clerk with a double life, crossing between the world of the very poor and the world of the very rich.
- Actors:
- Derek Jacobi, Cyril Cusack, Ruth Mitchell, Maria Aitken, Irina Brook, Paul Brooke, Richard Caldicot, James Cairncross, Jim Carter, Jonathan Cecil, Maria Charles, Richard Clifford, James Cosmo, Rosalie Crutchley, Chris Darwin
- Directors:
- Christine Edzard
- Producers:
- Richard Goodwin, Celia Bannerman
- Writers:
- Christine Edzard, Olivier Stockman
- Studio:
- Squirrel Films Distribution Ltd
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
