Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 192 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- India, United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
- muslim
- strike
- prayer
- freedom
- independence
- release from prison
- demonstration
- world war ii
- imprisonment
- colony
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Ben Kingsley
Mahatma Gandhi
Candice Bergen
Margaret Bourke-White
Edward Fox
General Dyer
John Gielgud
Lord Irwin
- Trevor Howard — Judge Broomfield
- John Mills — Lord Chelmsford
- Rohini Hattangadi — Kasturba Gandhi
- Martin Sheen — Vince Walker
- Ian Charleson — Reverend Charlie Andrews
- Harsh Nayyar — Nathuram Godse
- Athol Fugard — General Jan Christiaan Smuts
- Günther Maria Halmer — Dr. Herman Kallenbach
- Saeed Jaffrey — Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- Geraldine James — Mirabehn
- Alyque Padamsee — Mohammad Ali Jinnah
- Directed
- Richard Attenborough
- Written
- John Briley
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 2,557 ratings
- Studio
- Goldcrest, Indo-British, International Film Investors, National Film Development Corporation of India
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
