This breathtaking film based on E.M. Forster?s classic novel is an emotional and deeply personal story of love and class struggle in 1928 India. Adela Quested (Judy Davis) travels to India to visit her fianc?, who is the city magistrate of Chandrapore. She is accompanied on the adventure by his mother Mrs. Moore (Peggy Ashcroft, who received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, 1984), an elderly woman who is appalled at the treatment of the Indians by the British who rule and occupy Chandrapore. Both women befriend a young Indian man, Dr Aziz (Victor Banerjee), who ? over-stepping the accepted boundaries between the classes ? invites the women on a picnic excursion to the Marabar caves. In a strange turn of events, the young doctor is accused of attempting to rape Miss Quested.
What actually did happen in the Marabar caves is the central riddle of this lush, engrossing film.
Released:
Tue, 03/20/2001
Format Aspect Ratio:
1.85-Wide Screen
Resolution:
480x720 LowRez
Resolution:
720x1280 HiRez
Audio Format:
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels:
Dolby Surround
Actors:
Peggy Ashcroft - Mrs. Moore
Actors:
Judy Davis - Adela Quested
Actors:
James Fox - Richard Fielding
Actors:
Alec Guinness - Professor Godbole
Actors:
Nigel Havers - Ronny Heaslop
Actors:
Victor Banerjee - Doctor Aziz
Actors:
Richard Wilson - Turton
Actors:
Antonia Pemberton - Mrs. Turton
Actors:
Michael Culver - McBryde
Actors:
Art Malik - Mahmoud Ali
Actors:
Saeed Jaffrey - Hamidullah
Actors:
Clive Swift - Major Callendar
Actors:
Anne Firbank - Mrs. Callendar
Actors:
Roshan Seth - Amritrao
Actors:
Sandra Hotz - Stella
Actors:
Rashid Karapiet - Mr. Das
Actors:
H. S. Krishnamurthy - Hassan
Actors:
Ishaq Bux - Selim
Actors:
Moti Makan - Guide
Actors:
Mohammed Ashiq - Haq
Actors:
Phyllis Bose - Mrs. Leslie
Actors:
Sally Kinghorn - Ingenue
Actors:
Paul Anil - Clerk of the Court
Actors:
Z. H. Khan - Dr. Panna Lal
Actors:
Ashok Mandanna - Anthony
Actors:
Dina Pathak - Begum Hamidullah
Actors:
Adam Blackwood - Mr. Hadley
Actors:
Mellan Mitchell - Indian Businessman
Actors:
Peter Hughes - P & O Manager
Actors:
John Michie - Bit Part
