Fool's Fire (TV 1992)A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jester plots a terrible revenge. Director:Julie TaymorWriter:Edgar Allan Poe (story) |
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Hopfrog
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Mireille Mossé | ... |
Trippetta
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The King
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Paul Kandel | ... |
Minister Torello
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Minister Gunther
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Minister Cicero
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Minister Horatio
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Minister Vsquez
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Glenn Santiago | ... |
Minister Francis
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Patrick O'Connell | ... |
Minister Bacci
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Robert Dorfman | ... |
The Duke
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Lady Celestina
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Pippa Pearthree | ... |
Lady Louisa
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Lady Angela
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A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jester plots a terrible revenge.
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based on short story | title directed by female | jester | court jester | king |Genres:
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Hopfrog: [last lines, in a voiceover] Hear the tolling of the bells/ Iron bells!/What a world of solemn thought their monody compels!/In the silence of the night/How we shiver with affright/At the melancholy menace of their tone/For every sound that floats/From the rust within their throats/Is a groan/And the people... ah, the people/They that dwell up in the steeple/All alone/And who tollling, tolling, tolling/In that muffled monotone/Feel a glory in so rolling/On the human heart a stone/They are ...See more »
I accidently caught this strange and beautiful tv movie when it first aired in the early 90's, while I was on a ski trip. With its weird and eerie and incredibly beautiful fairy tale atmosphere it is very reminiscent of Jim Henson's "Storyteller", and it's a shame that it only seems to have aired once and never rerun. I have no idea whether it's available on video or not, but if you can find it, I highly recommend watching it, and reading the Edgar Allen Poe story(titled "Hopfrog") it is based on as well.