Main Details
Director: Richard Attenborough
Year: 1982
Genres: Documentary, Drama
Mediatype: DVD
Rating: 9
Owner: admin
Synopsis
The biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, who rose from a small-time lawyer to India's spiritual leader through his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest.
Cast
- Ben Kingsley
Mohandas K. Gandhi -
Candice Bergen
Margaret Bourke-White -
Edward Fox
Gen. Reginald Dyer -
John Gielgud
Lord Irwin, Viceroy - Edward F.L. Wood -
Trevor Howard
Judge Broomfield -
John Mills
Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy - F.J.N. Thesiger -
Martin Sheen
Vince Walker -
Ian Charleson
Rev. Charlie Andrews - Athol Fugard
Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts - Günther Maria Halmer
Dr. Herman Kallenbach (as Gunter Maria Halmer) -
Saeed Jaffrey
Sardar Patel -
Geraldine James
Mirabehn - Alyque Padamsee
Mohammed Ali Jinnah -
Amrish Puri
Kahn -
Roshan Seth
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru - Rohini Hattangadi
Kasturba Gandhi (as Rohini Hattangady) -
Ian Bannen
Senior Police Officer Fields - Michael Bryant
Principal Secretary - John Clements
Advocate General -
Richard Griffiths
Collins -
Nigel Hawthorne
Kinnoch - Bernard Hepton
G.O.C. -
Michael Hordern
Sir George Hodge - Shreeram Lagoo
Professor Gokhale -
Om Puri
Nahari - Virendra Razdan
Maulana Azad - Richard Vernon
Sir Edward Gait - Harsh Nayyar
Nathuran Godse - Prabhakar Patankar
Prakash - Vijay Kashyap
Apte - Nigam Prakash
Karkare - Supriya Pathak
Manu - Neena Gupta
Abha (as Nina Gupta) -
Shane Rimmer
Radio commentator at funeral - Peter Harlowe
Lord Louis Mountbatten - Anang Desai
J.B. Kripalani - Winston Ntshona
South African train porter -
Peter Cartwright
European passenger -
Marius Weyers
Conductor - Richard Mayes
Baker - Alok Nath
Tyeb Mohammed - Dean Gasper
Singh -
Ken Hutchison
Police sergeant - Norman Chancer
Reporter - Gulshan Kapoor
Rich merchant - Charu Bala Chokshi
Ayah - Raj Chaturvedi
Harilal Gandhi - Avpar Jhita
Manilal Gandhi - Anthony Sagger
Ramdas Gandhi - David Gant
Daniels - Daniel Day-Lewis
Colin, South African street tough (as Daniel Day Lewis) - Ray Burdis
Youth - Daniel Peacock
Youth - Avis Bunnage
Colin's mother - Caroline Hutchinson
Sonja Schlesin (as Caroline Hutchison) - Mohan Agashe
Tyeb Mohammed's friend - Sudhanshu Mishra
Man in gallery - Dina Nath
Miner - John Savident
Manager of the mine - John Patrick
Mounted police sergeant - Michael Godley
Clergyman - Stewart Harwood
Prison officer - Stanley McGeagh
Prison guard - Christopher Good
Young Englishman - David Markham
Older Englishman - Jyoti Sarup
Young Indian reporter - John Naylor
English reporter - Wilson George
American reporter - Hansu Mehta
Older Indian reporter - Sudarshan Sethi
Motilal Nehru - Sunila Pradhan
Mrs. Motilal Nehru - Moti Makan
Traveller on train roof - Jalal Agha
Traveller on train roof - Rupert Frazer
Cavalry troop leader - Manohar Pitale
Shukla - Homi Daruvala
Nehru's friend - K.K. Raina
Nehru's friend - Vivek Swaroop
Nehru's friend - Raja Biswas
Nehru's friend -
Dominic Guard
Subaltern - Rama Kant Jha
Village leader - Nana Palsikar
Villager - Alpna Gupta
Villager's wife - Chandrakant Thakkar
Policeman - John Quentin
Batsman - Graham Seed
Wicket-keeper - Keith Drinkel
Major - Bob Babenia
Police guard (as Bob Barbenia) - Gerald Sim
Magistrate -
Colin Farrell
Clerk - Sanjeev Puri
Young man - Gareth Forwood
Secretary - Vijay Crishna
Chauffeur - Sankalp Dubey
Servant - James Cossins
Brigadier - Gurcharan Singh
Speaker in Jallianwalla Bagh - John Vine
A.D.C. - Geoffrey Chater
Government advocate - Ernest Clark
Lord Hunter - Habib Tanvir
Indian barrister (as Habib Tanveer) - Pankaj Mohan
Mahadev Desai - Subhash Gupta
Policeman at Chauri Chaura - Aadil
Policeman at Chauri Chaura - Rajeshwar Nath
Marcher at Chauri Chaura - S.S. Thakur
Marcher at Chauri Chaura - Rahul Gupta
Boy with goat - Barry John
Police Superintendant - Brian Oulton
Clerk of Court - James Snell
Court reporter - John Boxer
Court reporter - Gerard Norman
Court reporter - Bernard Horsfall
General Edgar - Richard Leech
Brigadier - Pankaj Kapur
Pyarelal - Tarla Mehta
Sarojini Naidu - David Sibley
Subaltern - Dalip Tahil
Zia (as Daleep Tahil) - Stanley Lebor
Police officer - Terrence Hardiman
Ramsay MacDonald - Monica Gupta
Little girl - Jon Croft
Colonel - William Hoyland
Adjutant -
John Ratzenberger
American Lt., driver for Bourke-White - Jack McKenzie
Major at Aga Khan Palace - Tom Alter
Doctor at Aga Khan Palace - Jane Myerson
Lady Edwina Mountbatten - Roop Kumar Razdan
Hindu youth at Ashram - Bani Sharad Joshi
Woman refugee - Vagish Kumar Singh
Man refugee - Dilsher Singh
Abdul Ghaffar Khan - Sudhir Dalvi
Police Commissioner (as Sudheer Dalavi) - Tilak Raj
Tahib - Irpinder Puri
Sushila Nayyar - Pren Kapoor
Hindu youth in Calcutta street - Vinay Apte
Hindu youth in Calcutta street - Aswani Kumar
Hindu youth in Calcutta street - Avinash Dogra
Hindu youth in Calcutta street - Shreedhar Joshi
Hindu youth in Calcutta street - Suhas Palshikar
Hindu youth in Calcutta street - Karkirat Singh
Nehru's aide - Shekhar Chatterjee
Suhrawardy - Amarjeet
Goondas (as Amargit) - Pratap Desai
Goondas - Bhatawadekar Prakash
Goondas - Sunil Shende
Goondas - Rovil Sinha
Goondas -
Bernard Hill
Soldier/train guard (uncredited) -
Derek Lyons
Radio Reporter at Funeral (uncredited)
