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Director:
Larry Peerce
Writers:
James Goldman (writer)
Michael Korda (novel)
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Release Date:
10 May 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A half-caste beauty emigrates from India to Great Britain, pursues fame and fortune at the cost of personal happiness, and becomes a Hollywood movie star while suppressing the truth of her heritage. | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Melodramatic, but quite entertaining more (8 total)

Cast

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Joss Ackland ... Sir Burton Rumsey
Martin Balsam ... Marty
Claire Bloom ... Vicky Kelley
Gary Cady ... Lucien Chambrun
Kate Emma Davies ... Young Queenie

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Kirk Douglas ... David Konig
Serena Gordon ... Prunella Rumsey
Joel Grey ... Aaron Diamond
Leigh Lawson ... Uncle Morgan
Sarah Miles ... Lady Sybil

Albert Moses ... Inspector Gopal
Tom Owen
Geoffrey Rose ... Mr. Pugh

Mia Sara ... Queenie Kelly / Dawn Avalon
Topol ... Dimitri Goldner
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Runtime:
Brazil:236 min | USA:233 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Norway:16 (video premiere)
Filming Locations:
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India more
Company:
Von Zerneck Sertner Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Based upon the life of Merle Oberon. Her first husband was Alexander Korda, uncle of Michael Korda who wrote the movie. more
Movie Connections:
Version of The Trouble with Merle (2002) more

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Melodramatic, but quite entertaining, 27 May 2003
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Author: jojofla

Based on Michael Korda's bestselling interpretation of the life of legendary movie star (and his aunt) Merle Oberon, this 1987 mini-series chronicles the life of a young Eurasian woman (Mia Sara) who flees India to England, where she hides the truth of her past (including her role in the accidental death of an important British official back in India) to become a famous movie star. The script for "Queenie" is extremely melodramatic, and the time frame doesn't seem quite accurate (in part II, Queenie returns to India to make a movie that one character describes as "more expensive than Gone with the Wind"--meaning she and a large British-American entourage are trapsing across the globe to make a movie at the height of World War II!!!), but the show is quite lavish and, thanks to an energetic cast--especially the lovely Miss Sara--quite entertaining. There's also a fine score by Georges Delarue. Worth seeing if you come across it on television--I'd love to have it on DVD.

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