Dec 14, 1984
163 min
Full-HD

A Passage to India (1984)

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.

Category

Drama Adventure History

Country

United Kingdom United States of America

Companies

EMI Films John Brabourne and Richard Goodwyn Productions HBO Films

Judy Davis

Adela Quested

Victor Banerjee

Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed

Peggy Ashcroft

Mrs. Moore

James Fox

Richard Fielding

Alec Guinness

Professor Godbole

Nigel Havers

Ronny Heaslop

Richard Wilson

Mr. Turton

Antonia Pemberton

Mrs. Turton

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