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FairyTale: A True Story

Believe.

1997 · PG · 1h 39m

Directed by Charles Sturridge

6.4

TMDB audience score
127 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Cast

  • Florence Hoath
    Elsie Wright

  • Elizabeth Earl
    Frances Griffiths

  • Paul McGann
    Arthur Wright

  • Peter O'Toole
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  • Harvey Keitel
    Harry Houdini

  • Phoebe Nicholls
    Polly Wright

  • Bill Nighy
    Edward Gardner

  • Tim McInnerny
    John Ferret, a Reporter

  • Joseph May
    Houdini's Assistant

  • Peter Mullan
    Sergeant Farmer

  • Anna Chancellor
    Peter Pan

  • Lara Morgan
    Jean Doyle

  • Adam Franks
    Adrian Doyle

  • Guy Witcher
    Denis Doyle

  • Peter Wight
    Newspaper Editor

  • Anton Lesser
    Wounded Corporal

  • Bob Peck
    Harry Briggs

  • Lynn Farleigh
    Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher