Princess Caraboo

An amusing romantic comedy based on a true event from 1817. When a young girl arrives on Mrs Worral's doorstep, she is viewed with interest and suspicion for nobody understands her language. She appears to be a kidnapped princess from an island near Java. The beautiful royal visitor begins to woo the local aristocracy. But, is she really a princess, or a fraud?

Starring:  Phoebee Cates, Kevin Kline, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, John Lithgow,  and Stephen Rea.  (Dougray Scott has a small, but good role as the "Dragoon Captain".)

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This true story, which inspired a movie, is the history of Mary Baker, a servant girl who fooled 19th-century England into believing she was a princess from the mysterious country of Javasu. Found wandering the English countryside, strangely dressed and speaking no English, Mary was rescued from the workhouse by the wealthy Elizabeth Worrall. The story reveals how this clever con woman convinced scholars as well as laymen of the truth of her preposterous tale.

Caraboo: The Servant Girl Princess