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FairyTale: A True Story

Believe.

  • Movie
  • 1997
  • PG
  • 1h 39m

Directed by Charles Sturridge

6.4

TMDB audience rating
6.4 out of 10 from 127 votes

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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 and crew

  • Florence Hoath

    Florence HoathElsie Wright

  • Elizabeth EarlFrances Griffiths

  • Paul McGann

    Paul McGannArthur Wright

  • Peter O'Toole

    Peter O'TooleSir Arthur Conan Doyle

  • Harvey Keitel

    Harvey KeitelHarry Houdini

  • Phoebe Nicholls

    Phoebe NichollsPolly Wright

  • Bill Nighy

    Bill NighyEdward Gardner

  • Tim McInnerny

    Tim McInnernyJohn Ferret, a Reporter

  • Joseph May

    Joseph MayHoudini's Assistant

  • Peter Mullan

    Peter MullanSergeant Farmer

  • Anna Chancellor

    Anna ChancellorPeter Pan

  • Lara MorganJean Doyle

  • Adam FranksAdrian Doyle

  • Guy Witcher

    Guy WitcherDenis Doyle

  • Peter Wight

    Peter WightNewspaper Editor

  • Anton Lesser

    Anton LesserWounded Corporal

  • Bob Peck

    Bob PeckHarry Briggs

  • Lynn Farleigh

    Lynn FarleighMrs. Thornton, the Teacher

Director
Charles Sturridge
Writer
Albert Ash, Ernie Contreras and Tom McLoughlin
Music
Zbigniew Preisner
Cinematography
Michael Coulter