FairyTale: A True Story
Fantasy
Drama
Mystery
Family
Believe.
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.
1997-10-24
en
Cast
Director
Charles Sturridge
Florence Hoath as Elsie Wright
Paul McGann as Arthur Wright
Peter O'Toole as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Harvey Keitel as Harry Houdini
Phoebe Nicholls as Polly Wright
Bill Nighy as Edward Gardner
Tim McInnerny as John Ferret, a Reporter
Joseph May as Houdini's Assistant
Peter Mullan as Sergeant Farmer
Anna Chancellor as Peter Pan
Guy Witcher as Denis Doyle
Peter Wight as Newspaper Editor
Anton Lesser as Wounded Corporal
Bob Peck as Harry Briggs
Lynn Farleigh as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
David Calder as Harold Snelling
Anthony Calf as Geoffrey Hodson
Benjamin Whitrow as Mr. Binley
Barbara Hicks as City Woman
Paul Popplewell as Second Soldier
Tom Sturridge as Hab, a Fairy
Tom Georgeson as Reporter
Mel Gibson as Frances' Father (uncredited)
Ali Bastian as Lull, a fairy