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?

Jim Broadbent
as Mr. Worrall

Phoebe Cates
as Princess Caraboo / Mary Baker

Wendy Hughes
as Mrs. Worrall

Kevin Kline
as Frixos

John Lithgow
as Professor Wilkinson

Stephen Rea
as Gutch

Peter Eyre
as Lord Apthorpe

Jacqueline Pearce
as Lady Apthorpe

Roger Lloyd Pack
as Magistrate Haythorne

John Wells
as Reverend Hunt
CinemaSerf
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 sta...