A Passage to India poster
Director David Lean
Screenplay David Lean

A Passage to India

Tagline: David Lean, the Director of "Doctor Zhivago", "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Bridge on the River Kwai", invites you on . .

Release Date: 1984-12-14

Duration: 163 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Judy Davis
    Adela Quested
  • Richard Wilson
    Mr. Turton
  • Alec Guinness
    Professor Godbole
  • Art Malik
    Mahmoud Ali
  • James Fox
    Richard Fielding
  • Saeed Jaffrey
    Hamidullah
  • Nigel Havers
    Ronny Heaslop
  • Roshan Seth
    Amritrao
  • Duncan Preston
    Club Member (Uncredited)
  • Victor Banerjee
    Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed