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1 January 1974 (Sweden)
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The story of a young Indian who embarks upon a journey to find the meaning of existence. Based on the novel by Hermann Hesse. | add synopsis
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Shashi Kapoor | ... | Siddhartha |
| Simi Garewal | ... | Kamala |
| Romesh Sharma | ... | Govinda |
| Pinchoo Kapoor | ... | Kamaswami (as Pincho Kapoor) |
| Zul Vellani | ... | Vasudeva |
| Amrik Singh | ... | Siddhartha's father |
| Kunal Kapoor | ... | Hassan, Siddhartha's son |
| Shanti Hiranand | ... | Siddhartha's mother |
| Holy Sadhus of Rishikesh | ... | Himself |
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89 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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UK:A (cut) |
Netherlands:AL |
Australia:PG |
Germany:6 |
Sweden:Btl |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
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I used to love Hermann Hesse and this book in my teens. Still, I love this film, even because I consider it to be a very appropriate filming.
Hesse's characters are mostly soul-searchers wandering around in rather artificial surroundings - which is true in the case of this timeless, ancient India. As he is prone to put all the meaning into lengthy, philosophical dialogues, this makes him utterly difficult to turn into film.
This film manages to capture both: the artificiality of the setting as well as the philosophical sincereness - plus that certain naive sense of beauty that makes Hesse so appealing and disgusting at once. A good deal of the films success is due to Sven Nykvist's marvellous camera work, done mostly with natural light. (The few scenes with set light are awful.) The beauty of the landscapes is not only the superficial one of a postcard, but the philosophical one that tells you that a beautiful world is essentially a good, complete, happy world: a world in which you can afford to completely focus on your personal search for meaning and spirituality. Well, personally I don't believe this, but this movie had me suspending my belief for 90 minutes. What a comforting experience.