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Christopher Cazenove | ... |
Douglas Rivers - The Assistant Collector (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
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Greta Scacchi | ... |
Olivia, his wife (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
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Julian Glover | ... |
Crawford - The District Collector (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
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Susan Fleetwood | ... |
Mrs. Crawford - The Burra Mensahib (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
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Patrick Godfrey | ... |
Saunders - The Medical Officer (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
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Jennifer Kendal | ... |
Mrs. Saunders (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
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Shashi Kapoor | ... |
The Nawab (At the Palace in Khatm)
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Madhur Jaffrey | ... |
Begum Mussarat Jahan - The Nawab's mother (At the Palace in Khatm)
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Nickolas Grace | ... |
Harry Hamilton-Paul (At the Palace in Khatm)
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Barry Foster | ... |
Major Minnies, the Political Agent (At the Palace in Khatm)
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Julie Christie | ... |
Anne (1982 in Satipur Town)
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Zakir Hussain | ... |
Inder Lal - Anne's Landlord (1982 in Satipur Town)
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Ratna Pathak Shah | ... |
Ritu, Inder Lal's wife (1982 in Satipur Town)
(as Ratna Pathak)
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Tarla Mehta | ... |
Inder Lal's mother (1982 in Satipur Town)
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Charles McCaughan | ... |
Chid (1982 in Satipur Town)
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Sajid Khan | ... |
Dacoit Chief
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Amanda Walker | ... |
Lady Mackleworth
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Praveen Paul | ... |
Maji
(as Parveen Paul)
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Jayant Kripalani | ... |
Dr. Gopal
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Sudha Chopra | ... |
Chief Princess
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Daniel Chatto | ... |
Party Guest
(as Dan Chatto)
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Geoff Heinrich |
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Ishak Khan | ... |
(as Ishtiaq Khan)
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Bobby Bedi | ... |
(as Deep Bedi)
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Baba Ghaus |
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Leelabai | ... |
Leelavati
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Directed by
James Ivory |
Written by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | ... | (novel) |
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Connie Kaiserman | ... | associate producer |
Rita Mangat | ... | associate producer |
Ismail Merchant | ... | producer |
Music by
Richard Robbins |
Cinematography by
Walter Lassally |
Editing by
Humphrey Dixon |
Editorial Department
Mark Potter Jr. | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Susie Figgis |
Production Design by
Wilfred Shingleton |
Art Direction by
Maurice Fowler | ||
Ram Yedekar |
Costume Design by
Barbara Lane |
Makeup Department
Mohammed Amir | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Jeffrey Haines | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Carol Hemming | ... | hair stylist |
Gordon Kay | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Peter Manley | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kevan Barker | ... | assistant director |
David Nichols | ... | second assistant director |
Gopal Ram | ... | third assistant director |
Art Department
Agnes Fernandes | ... | set dresser |
Tom Freeman | ... | property master |
Jayant Paranji | ... | assistant property master |
Agnes Goveas | ... | set dresser (uncredited) |
Drew Struzan | ... | poster artist (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Ray Beckett | ... | sound recordist |
Brian Blamey | ... | dubbing editor |
Tony Bray | ... | assistant sound editor |
Richard King | ... | dubbing mixer |
Steve O'Brien | ... | boom operator |
Vali Patel | ... | sound grip |
Visual Effects by
Costas Charitou | ... | titles: Camera Effects Ltd (uncredited) |
David Smith | ... | optical cameraman: Camera Effects Ltd (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Christopher Cormack | ... | still photographer |
Mulchand Dedhia | ... | electrician |
Tony Garrett | ... | assistant camera |
Rajesh Joshi | ... | second assistant camera |
Sheik Juddin | ... | electrician |
Manilal | ... | gaffer |
Morgesh | ... | electrician |
A. Natarajan | ... | electrician |
Gyanchand Rikki | ... | camera grip |
Janardhan Rumde | ... | electrician |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lovleen Bains | ... | wardrobe assistant (as Loveleen Baines) |
Mary Ellis | ... | assistant costume designer |
Ibrahim | ... | second wardrobe assistant |
Sarah Armstrong-Jones | ... | wardrobe assistant (uncredited) |
Location Management
Deepak Nayar | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Hariprasad Chaurasia | ... | musician: fute |
Zakir Hussain | ... | associate music director / musician: percussion |
Nishat Khan | ... | musician: sitar |
Ustad Sultan Khan | ... | musician: sarangi (as Sultan Khan) |
Harry Rabinowitz | ... | conductor |
Michael Reaves | ... | musician: piano |
Vic Flick | ... | music arranger (uncredited) |
Zakir Hussain | ... | composer: additional music (uncredited) |
James Ivory | ... | musician: tampura (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Jane Buck | ... | continuity clerk |
Renée Glynne | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Paul Bradley | ... | assistant to producer |
Prashant Gupta | ... | assistant to director |
Shama Habibullah | ... | production coordinator |
Riaz Hafizka | ... | production controller |
Saeed Jaffrey | ... | dialogue: Urdu |
Harish Khare | ... | dialogue: Hindi |
Rambali Mishra | ... | runner |
Mick Parker | ... | synthesizer |
Piyush Patel | ... | production assistant |
Zakiya Powell | ... | unit publicist |
J. Rathore | ... | production accountant (as J.U. Rathore) |
Nancy VandenBergh | ... | production assistant |
Jean Walter | ... | production secretary |
Production Companies
- Merchant Ivory Productions (presents)
Distributors
- Curzon Film Distributors (1983) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Enterprises Pictures Limited (1983) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) (1983) (France) (theatrical)
- Universal Classics (1983) (United States) (theatrical)
- National Film Development Corporation (1983) (India) (theatrical)
- Canal+ (1985) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- RTL-TV (1985) (Luxembourg) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Cinema Ten (1988) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Missing in Action (MIA) (1988) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Les Films de l'Atalante (1998) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- First Independent Films (1997) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Odyssey Video (1999) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Odyssey Video (2003) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Cecchi Gori Home Video (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
- MK2 Éditions (2006) (France) (DVD) (box set) (special edition)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
- Cohen Media Group (2015) (United States) (4K restored)
- Cohen Media Group (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray) (new 4K restoration)
- Pidax Film (2023) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
- Camera Effects (Malcolm Bubb main title effects)
Other Companies
- Cosprop (costumes)
- Camera Effects (titles)
- Eyre & Hobhouse (title art)
- John Murray Publishers (thanks)
- Mukarram Jah Trust for Education and Learning (thanks)
- Rank Film Laboratories (processed by)
- World Wide Sound (re-recording at)
- Funn (hosiery supplier)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. The search leads back to the early 1920s, when Olivia, recently married to Douglas, a civil servant in the colonial administration, comes to live with him in India. Slowly, Olivia becomes fascinated by India and by the local ruler, a nawab who combines British distinction with Indian pomp and ruthlessness. This fascination is not without risks: the region is being ransacked by a group of sanguinary bandits, and intrigues are opposing the prejudiced British community led by Major Minnies and Dr. Saunders against the nawab. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Producer Ismail Merchant has said of the film's financing problems: "Halfway through the shooting, some of the finance committed to the project failed to materialize, and we found we were suddenly penniless. The cast and crew continued to work despite the fact that they weren't being paid, but that couldn't go on indefinitely. There was the strongest possibility that we would go under. We would lose not just the film but our whole company [Merchant Ivory Productions]". Renowned European banker Sir Jacob Rothschild viewed a rough cut of the unfinished film and in a rescue package acted as a completion guarantor so the picture could be completed. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Never Cry Wolf/Rumble Fish/Heat and Dust/Educating Rita (1983). See more » |
Quotes |
Olivia, his wife (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur):
You have these set notions about what English women are supposed to stand. Why should anybody tell me what I can stand and what I can't stand? Well, if you want to know, the only thing I can't stand is English women. Memsahibs. See more » |