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December 1965 (UK)
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The story of a family troupe of English actors in India. They travel around the towns and villages giving performances of Shakespearean plays...
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Shashi Kapoor | ... | Sanju |
| Felicity Kendal | ... | Lizzie Buckingham |
| Geoffrey Kendal | ... | Mr. Tony Buckingham |
| Laura Liddell | ... | Mrs. Carla Buckingham |
| Madhur Jaffrey | ... | Manjula |
| Utpal Dutt | ... | Maharaja |
| Praveen Paul | ... | Didi |
| Prayag Raj | ... | Sharmaji (as Prayag Raaj) |
| Pinchoo Kapoor | ... | Guptaji |
| Jim D. Tytler | ... | Bobby (as Jim Tytler) |
| Hamid Sayani | ... | Headmaster's Brother |
| Marcus Murch | ... | Dandy in 'The Critic' |
| Partap Sharma | ... | Aslam |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Sudarshan Dhir | ... | Manjula's Dance Director (uncredited) |
| Jennifer Kendal | ... | Mrs. Bowen (uncredited) |
 | Ismail Merchant | ... | Theater Owner (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| James Ivory | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| James Ivory | screenplay | |
| James Ivory | story | |
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | screenplay (as R. Prawer Jhabvala) | |
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | story (as R. Prawer Jhabvala) | |
Produced by | |||
| Ismail Merchant | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Satyajit Ray | |||
Non-Original Music by | |||
| Ludwig van Beethoven | (from "Symphony No.9") | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Subrata Mitra | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Amit Bose | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Jennifer Kendal | (as Jennifer Kapoor) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Nath Grover | .... | makeup designer | |
Production Management | |||
| N. Kabir | .... | production manager | |
| Mohamed Shafi | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Prayag Raj | .... | assistant director (as Prayag Raaj) | |
| Mohammed Shafi | .... | assistant director (as Mohamed Shafi) | |
| R. Shukla | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Mangesh Desai | .... | sound re-recordist | |
| A.K. Parmar | .... | sound re-recordist | |
| Dev Roy | .... | sound | |
| Prabhakar Supare | .... | sound editor | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Lalit Bhavsar | .... | main titles (as Lalit Bhawsar) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Ranjit Biswas | .... | electrician | |
| Alex D'Souza | .... | electrician | |
| Fatik Mazumdar | .... | assistant camera | |
| N. Sarkar | .... | assistant camera | |
| Tapan Sen | .... | electrician | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Qamar Ali | .... | wardrobe | |
Editorial Department | |||
| K.L. Naik | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Shyamsundar Ghosh | .... | background music recordist (as Sham Sunder Ghosh) | |
| Minoo Katrak | .... | song recordist: song "Dil Dharke" | |
Other crew | |||
| Arun Bhatt | .... | supervisor | |
| Sudarshan Dhir | .... | choreographer (as Sudarshan) | |
| Abbas Khan | .... | production assistant | |
| Ali Raza | .... | production assistant | |
Thanks | |||
| Mary Hotz | .... | acknowledgment | |
| Prayag Raj | .... | acknowledgment: music & lyrics of hindi song "dil dharke" (as Prayag Raaj) | |
| Maharaj Kumar Yashwant Singh | .... | acknowledgment: Navar | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Continental Distributing (1966) (USA) (theatrical)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1975) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
- Embassy Home Entertainment (1987) (USA) (VHS)
- Cecchi Gori Home Video (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
- Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- Odyssey Video (2003) (UK) (DVD)
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Frankly, I caught this early Merchant-Ivory flic to see Felicity Kendal in her debut movie. I was disappointed-- her cuteness works much better as a nearly 60 year old detective in the Rosemary and Thyme BBC series, than as a teen-aged actress, where it makes her just too unserious.
The movie concerns a small troupe of Shakepearean actors, some English and some Indian, but anchored by the Buckingham family, touring India to ever diminishing audiences. An Indian playboy, already involved with a Bollywood actress, sees young Lizzie Buckingham, and the usual romantic conflicts arise.
The movie has the normal pacing of a Merchant-Ivory. Black and white. For me the background bits of Indian and ex-pat life were more interesting than the movie itself. The actors playing Felicity Kendal's character's parents were her real life parents.