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Princess Caraboo is a 1994 film, directed by Michael Austin, based on the real-life 19th-century character Princess Caraboo, who passed herself off in British society as an exotic princess who spoke a strange foreign language. She is played in the film by Phoebe Cates. The film is written by Michael Austin and John Wells The original music score is composed by Richard Hartley.

Tagline: She was everything they dreamed of... and nothing they expected.

Plot summary

In 1817, a young woman appears in the English countryside, wearing exotic garb and speaking gibberish. Delivered to a nearby manor, the mystery woman is sheltered by the Worralls, who are then persuaded by their suspicious butler Frixos to have the drifter tried for vagrancy and begging, capitol crimes. At the hearing, however, the woman persuades the magistrates through pantomine that she is a princess of Japanese origin named Caraboo, escaped from pirate kidnappers. The Worrals welcome Caraboo back into their home, lavashing upon her the deference due a royal. A society sensation, Caraboo wins over a linguist, the prince regent, and even Frixos. Only an Irish reporter, Gutch, remains skeptical about Caraboo's origins.

Main cast

Phoebe Cates
- Princess Caraboo/Mary Baker
Jim Broadbent
- Mr. Worrall
Wendy Hughes
- Mrs. Worrall
Kevin Kline
- Frixos
John Lithgow
- Professor Wilkinson
Stephen Rea
- Gutch
Peter Eyre - Lord Apthorpe
Jacqueline Pearce
- Lady Apthorpe
John Wells
- Reverand Wells
John Lynch
- Amon McCarthy
John Sessions
- Prince Regent
Arkie Whiteley
- Betty
Jerry Hall
- Lady Motley

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