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Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

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Queen Victoria
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Abdul Karim
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Sir Henry Ponsonby
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Bertie, Prince of Wales
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Mohammed
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Lord Salisbury
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Dr. Reid
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Lady Churchill
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Miss Phipps
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Alick Yorke
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Arthur Bigge
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Mrs. Tuck
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Puccini
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Mrs. Karim
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Ahmed
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Mr. Tyler
Amani Zardoe ...
Princess Helena
Sophie Trott ...
Queen of Greece
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Grand Duchess Sophie
Trevor Fox ...
Head Chef
Joe Caffrey ...
Sous Chef
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Ghillie
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Tailor
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Kaiser
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Head Waiter
Benjamin Haigh ...
Little Page Boy
Sandy Grierson ...
Balmoral Waiter
Alaistair Pether ...
Dancing Ghillie
Sally Jokhan ...
Mrs. Karim's Mother
Charlie Stewart ...
Fiddle Player
Willie Cochrane ...
Piper
Jonathan Mayer ...
Indian Musician 1
Mitel Purohit ...
Indian Musician 2
Sam Kenyon ...
Puccini Pianist
Sam Stefan ...
Henchman (as Samuel Stefan)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Glyn Angell ...
Jelly Chef (uncredited)
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Queen's Footman (uncredited)
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Beggar (uncredited)
Nigel Black ...
Private Secretary (uncredited)
Tim Bristow ...
Deputy Parliamentary Secretary (uncredited)
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House Staff (uncredited)
Will Christopherson ...
Young Porter Boy (uncredited)
David Collicott ...
Dockside Worker (uncredited)
David Cromarty ...
Beggar (uncredited)
Grant Crookes ...
Footman (uncredited)
Andrei Csolsim ...
Footman (uncredited)
Craig Duncan ...
Scottish Ghillie (uncredited)
Cliff Dutton ...
Footman (uncredited)
Chris Eccles ...
Footman (uncredited)
Robin George ...
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Marek Hollands ...
Footman (uncredited)
Sarah Lowe ...
Queen Victoria Dinner (uncredited)
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Yeoman of the Guard (uncredited)
Rita McDonald Damper ...
Ham House Guest (uncredited)
Robert McLanachan ...
Balmoral Guest (uncredited)
Christopher McMullen ...
Footman (uncredited)
Alastair Mitchell ...
Archbishop of Canterbury (uncredited)
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Queen Victoria's Waiter (uncredited)
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Royal Household Staff (uncredited)
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Royal Footman (uncredited)
Anita Potter ...
Senior Maid (uncredited)
Paul Redfern ...
Chef (uncredited)
Lewis Reynolds ...
Grave Digger (uncredited)
James Thomas Scott ...
Undertaker (uncredited)
Lois Temel ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Daniel Trevenna ...
Footman (uncredited)
Dean Weir ...
Footman (uncredited)
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Chef (uncredited)

Directed by

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Stephen Frears ... (directed by)

Written by

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Lee Hall ... (screenplay by)
 
Shrabani Basu ... (based on the book by)

Produced by

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Tim Bevan ... producer (produced by)
Liza Chasin ... executive producer
Eric Fellner ... producer (produced by)
Amelia Granger ... executive producer
Lee Hall ... executive producer
Beeban Kidron ... producer (produced by)
Christine Langan ... executive producer
Joe Oppenheimer ... executive producer
Pravesh Sahni ... line producer: India
Tracey Seaward ... producer (produced by)
Lucas Webb ... associate producer

Music by

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Thomas Newman ... (music by)

Cinematography by

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Danny Cohen ... director of photography

Editing by

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Melanie Oliver ... (as Melanie Ann Oliver)

Editorial Department

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Sara Buxton ... assistant colourist
Maria Chamberlain ... digital intermediate additional colourist
Ryan Colligan ... assistant editor
Tom Corbett ... digital film bureau
Georgina Cranmer ... digital intermediate assistant
Karolina Dziwinska ... digital intermediate producer
Rob Farris ... digital intermediate head of production
Adam Glasman ... digital colourist
Neil Harrison ... senior digital intermediate administrator
Lawrence Hook ... digital intermediate assistant
Edward Johns ... digital film bureau
Patrick Malone ... digital intermediate head of department
Jeanna Mortimer ... first assistant editor
Alexander Phillips ... digital film bureau
Finlay Reid ... digital film bureau
Shaun Richards ... digital intermediate producer
Daniel Tomlinson ... digital on-line editor
Laurent Treherne ... digital film technical supervisor
Russell White ... digital on-line editor
Robert Scammell ... post production content security manager (uncredited)

Casting By

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Leo Davis
Lissy Holm

Production Design by

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Alan Macdonald

Art Direction by

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Sarah Finlay
Choi Ho Man ... supervising art director
Adam Squires

Set Decoration by

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Michael Standish

Costume Design by

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Consolata Boyle

Makeup Department

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Johann Arora ... assistant hair stylist: India
Beverley Binda ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Jeanette Brown ... crowd hairdresser
Anita Burger ... crowd hairdresser (as Anita Berger)
Holly Caddy ... hair trainee / makeup trainee
Andrea Cracknell ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Sally Crawshaw ... crowd hair junior / crowd makeup junior
Xavier Peter D'Souza ... assistant hair stylist: India (as Xavier D'Souza) / assistant makeup artist: India (as Xavier D'Souza)
Sula Loizou ... crowd hair stylist (as Sula Louizou) / crowd makeup artist (as Sula Louizou)
Joyce Luize ... assistant hair stylist: India (as Joyce Margaret)
Marilyn MacDonald ... crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Ray Marston ... Wig Maker
Adam James Phillips ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Daniel Phillips ... hair designer / makeup designer
Chloë Pyne ... crowd hair trainee (as Chloe Pyne) / crowd makeup trainee (as Chloe Pyne)
Tapio Salmi ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Loulia Sheppard ... co-hair designer (as Lou Sheppard)
Kamlesh U. Shinde ... assistant makeup artist: India (as Kamlesh Shinde)
Emma Tomlinson ... crowd hair junior
Maddie White ... crowd hair trainee / crowd makeup trainee
Amie Wilson ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Isobel Donald ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Ann Fenton ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Helen Masters ... makeup trainee crowd dailies (uncredited)
Tony Stasi ... barber (uncredited)
Sinead Sweeney ... special effects contact lens optician (uncredited)
Chiara Ugolini ... hair and make-up artist: daily (uncredited)
Louise Young ... dailies makeup artist: crowd (uncredited)

Production Management

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David Bell ... unit manager
Tania Blunden ... post-production supervisor
Samantha Knox-Johnston ... unit production manager
Rajeev Mehra ... production supervisor
Louis Phillips ... executive in charge of production
Pranav Sahni ... production manager
Rakesh Singh ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Udayan Baijal ... first assistant director: India
Rory Broadfoot ... base third assistant director
Sekani Doram ... third assistant director: crowd
Gouri Dutt ... second second assistant director
Olivia Lloyd ... key second assistant director
Jayant Rao ... third assistant director
Deborah Saban ... first assistant director
Manhar Shaheed ... second assistant director: India
Mohit Silswal ... third assistant director
Krishan Pratap Singh ... second assistant director
Amar Vaswani ... assistant director
Andy Young ... second second assistant director

Art Department

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Christopher Arnold ... props: dailies
Rosie Austin-Webster ... trainee painter
David Bayliss ... props: dailies
Mary Buri ... buyer: action props
Alison Clements ... draughtsman (as Ali Clements)
Laura Conway-Gordon ... stand-by art director
Marcia Doyle ... graphic designer assistant
Manali Gavankar ... set dresser
Clare Holland ... supervising scenic painter
Simon Hutchings ... standby painter
India Jaques ... art dept assistant
Gary Jobber ... chargehand carpenter
Robin Jones ... standby prop
Constantine Katsaras ... draughtsman
Nigel Kirk ... painter
Darren Lyttle ... assistant property master
Tom Macken ... carpenter
Jonathan Maris ... storyboard artist
Dan Marsden ... construction manager
Michael McNally ... dressing props
Neil McNally ... props storeman
Laura Mickiewicz ... junior draughtsperson
Campbell Mitchell ... chargehand standby props
Viviana Motta ... Art department runner
Lara Murray ... department head painter
Paul Peers ... stagehand
Chris Rosser ... graphic designer
Chris Seddon ... drapes master
Mark Stevenson-Ellis ... assistant set decorator
Paul Stewart ... property master
Rebecca Thomas ... production buyer
Joe Vassallo ... painter
Oliver Wakeman ... chargehand carpenter (Wakeman)) (as Oliver (Ii)
David Weatherstone ... props
Matthew Wood ... dressing props (as Matt Wood)
Nat Bocking ... standby props (uncredited)
Louise Cassidy ... assistant home economist (uncredited)
Collette Creary-Myers ... standby props: London (uncredited)
Cat Gold ... standby props (uncredited)
Celia Learmonth ... assistant production buyer (uncredited)
Terry Royce ... dressing propman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Hugo Adams ... foley editor
Dafydd Archard ... re-recording mixer
George Atkins ... adr mixer
Mike Dowson ... re-recording mixer
Oliver Ferris ... additional foley artist
Sue Harding ... foley artist
Sophia Hardman ... assistant foley mixer
Phil Lee ... sound effects editor
Peter Lindsay ... production sound mixer
Racchit Malhotra ... adr engineer: India
Adam Mendez ... foley mixer
Kate Morath ... boom operator
Darryl Peat ... sound trainee
Becki Ponting ... supervising sound editor
Lee Sharp ... boom operator: additional photography
Jason Stevens ... sound negative
Michael Lee Taylor ... sound assistant
Aravind Vijayakumar ... source connect adr recordist : india
Max Walsh ... sound mix technician
Ian Wilson ... supervising sound editor
Mhairi Wyles-Lang ... adr bookings coordinator
Jen Annor ... sound assistant: additional photography (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Adrian Bennett ... special effects technician
Peter Kersey ... special effects floor supervisor
Nick Liggit ... special effects technician
Alister Reynolds ... special effects technician
Chris Reynolds ... special effects supervisor
Massimo Vico ... senior special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Andrea Aceto ... compositor
Javier Argente ... visual effects artist
Olivia Beresford ... digital compositor
Sinéad Cronin ... digital effects artist
Viviane Dall'Agnol ... visual effects artist
Amy Denny-Guerin ... visual effects artist
Lisa Theresa Downey-Dent ... production assistant
Tiago Faria ... digital compositor
Emanuele Farnesi ... visual effects artist
Edd Gamlin ... visual effects editor
Adam Gascoyne ... visual effects supervisor
Jake Green ... visual effects artist (as Jacob Green)
Alexander Ha ... matchmove artist
Jason M. Halverson ... compositing supervisor
Zafar Janjua ... vfx line producer
Lindsey Lo Presti ... digital compositor
Rodney J. McFall ... visual effects artist
Evelyn Minango ... visual effects editorial
Dillan Nicholls ... lead compositor
Paul O'Hara ... visual effects coordinator
Noel O'Malley ... visual effects artist
Claire Pegorier ... digital effects artist
Iain Read ... compositor
James Roberts ... visual effects photographer
Anna Samuel ... visual effects artist
Jamie Schumacher ... lead environment artist
Noga Alon Stein ... visual effects producer
Dan Victoire ... digital compositor
Ben Wilson ... cg artist
Lewis Wright ... senior compositor
Luca Zappala ... cg supervisor
Attila Gasparetz ... visual effects artist (uncredited)
Callum Mcnulty ... roto/prep (uncredited)
Jose Alberto Pino ... render manager (uncredited)
Cristina Serreli ... roto/prep artist (uncredited)

Stunts

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Julian Spencer ... stunt coordinator
Sam Stefan ... stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ben Adefarasin ... second assistant camera: "a" camera, India
Anthony Bagley ... digital imaging technician
Andrew Banwell ... first assistant camera: India
Danny Brennan ... grip trainee
Ben Brown ... focus puller: "b" camera
Francesca Catalano ... camera trainee
Hiren B. Chaudhary ... light board operator: India (as Hiren B. Patel)
Danny Cohen ... camera operator: "b" camera
Adam Coles ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Matt Kanga Coulter ... camera tracking driver/rider (as Matt Coulter)
Alex Finlayson ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Brendan Fitzgerald ... standby rigger
Ross Grimshaw ... rigging electrician: dailies
Oliver Hadlow-Martin ... digital imaging technician: dailies
Garry Hedges ... shooting electrician
Melanie Jansen ... video assistant: dailies
Hannah Jell ... camera trainee: dailies
Peter Keith ... drone operator
Will Kendal ... rigging gaffer
Gary Lambert ... sparks rigger
Iain Mackay ... camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator (as Iain MacKay)
Paul McGeachan ... gaffer
Aaron Montgomery ... electrical rigger
Alex Mott ... key grip
Peter Mountain ... still photographer
Dean Murray ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jake Polonsky ... director of photography: second unit
Alastair Rae ... camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator
Terry Robb ... electrician
Steve Roberts ... best boy
Ramesh Sadrani ... gaffer: India
Korsshan Schlauer ... video trainee
Hashrat Shah ... lighting technician
Oliver Smith ... on-set data manager
James Starr ... "C" dolly grip: main unit
Simon Tanner ... electrician
Pacu Trautvetter ... Video Operator
Michael Wacker ... grip: "b" camera
Karambiah Appaya ... grip (uncredited)
Simon Dunn ... additional second assistant camera: second unit, dailies (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Vanessa Baker ... adr voice casting
Raj Bhansali ... casting assistant
Amarjeet Kaur ... casting assistant
Karan Mally ... casting associate
Sanjeev Maurya ... casting associate
Yash Mehta ... casting assistant
Dadina Sagger ... casting
Nandini Shrikent ... casting: India

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Fiona Barty ... jewellery modeller
Nina Bertolone ... costume assistant
Viveene Campbell ... crowd costume supervisor
Jenni Carvell ... costume assistant / dresser: Ms Dench
Dee Churchfield ... costume fitter
Sally Crees ... costume assistant
Bethany Cross ... junior wardrobe mistress
Bobbie Edwards ... costume coordinator
Johanna Elf ... crowd costume fitter
Johanna Garrad ... assistant costume designer
Yannick Gondran ... costume assistant: crowd
Rosie Grant ... assistant costume designer
Mike Hodge ... costume fitter
Stephanie Laing ... costume trainee
Eabha Lambe ... millinery trainee : daily
Sophie Lambe ... head milliner
Jane Law ... key costume maker
Maia Herzog Lee ... costume trainee daily
Bharat Mandekar ... costume assistant
Riyaz Ali Merchant ... wardrobe supervisor
Lizzie Moul ... costume standby
Selene Pearson ... costume buyer
Francis Ponisi ... cistume alterations
Bonnie Radcliffe ... costume assistant
Lorraine Sibanda ... costume buyer
Maria Smith ... crowd costumer
Annie Sulzberger ... costume researcher
Poonam Thanki ... costume standby (as Poonam Shukla)
Cecile Van Dijk ... freelance costume cutter
Wyn Vaughan-Humphreys ... costume assistant
Marion Weise ... costume supervisor

Location Management

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Anurag Biwal ... assistant location manager
Rona Bradley ... location assistant
Florence Cleverdon ... location production assistant
Daragh Coghlan ... location manager
Jeremy DeCoursey ... assistant location manager
Annabel Dyer ... location marshal
Damian Edwards ... unit assistant
Calum Green ... assistant location manager
Nathan Harp ... location marshal
Simon Lam ... location marshal
Jack Leary ... location assistant
Akram Malik ... location manager
Stephen Parker ... location scout (as Stephen G. Parker)
Ashton Radcliffe ... location manager
Jamaica Radcliffe ... location assistant
Adam Richards ... supervising location manager
Melisa Rodop ... locations
Kristian Turnbull ... location marshall
Joel FitzPatrick ... location marshal (uncredited)

Music Department

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Anthony Adie ... musician: Fanfare Trumpeter
John Anderson ... instrumental soloist
Roger Argente ... musician: trombone
Christian Barraclough ... musician: trumpet
Fenella Barton ... musician: violin
Bill Bernstein ... music editor
Mark Berrow ... violin
Richard Berry ... musician: french horn
Natalia Bonner ... musician: violin
Thomas Bowes ... concertmaster
John Bradbury ... musician: violin
Martin Burgess ... musician: violin
Nick Carpenter ... instrumental soloist
Corinne Chapelle ... musician: violin
Paul Clarvis ... instrumental soloist
Nick Cooper ... musician: cello
Andrew Crowley ... musician: trumpet
Philip D'Arcy ... musician: viola
Caroline Dale ... musician: cello
Ralph De Souza ... musician: violin
George Doering ... instrumental soloist
Philip Eastop ... musician: french horn
Paul Edmund-Davies ... instrumental soloist
Cathy Elliott ... musician: double bass
Karen Elliott ... music supervisor
Melissa Favell-Wright ... musician: double bass
Gillian Findlay ... musician: violin
Clare Finnimore ... musician: viola
Dave Gordon ... musician: double bass
Kathy Gowers ... musician: violin
Chris Graves ... musician: cello
Gillianne Haddow ... musician: viola
Tom Hankey ... musician: violin
Jackie Hartley ... musician: violin
Martin Humby ... musician: viola
Philippa Ibbotson ... musician: violin
Garfield Jackson ... musician: viola
Katherine Jenkinson ... musician: cello
Matt Jones ... score assistant engineer
Skaila Kanga ... musician: harp
Patrick Kiernan ... musician: violin
Paul Kimber ... musician
Julia Knight ... musician: viola
Joely Koos ... musician: cello
Boguslav Kostecki ... musician: violin
Peter Lale ... musician: viola
Oli Langford ... musician: violin
Julian Leaper ... musician: violin
Tony Lewis ... musician: cello
Roger Linley ... musician: double bass
Martin Loveday ... musician: cello
Beatrix Lovejoy ... musician: violin
Lorne MacDougall ... musician: bagpipes
Andy Marshall ... musician: double bass
Robert Maslin ... musician: Fanfare Trumpeter
Paul Mayes ... musician: trumpet
Lorriane McAslan ... musician: violin
Gerard McCann ... music editor
Shinnosuke Miyazawa ... music engineer
Perry Montague-Mason ... musician: violin
Steve Morris ... musician: violin
Everton Nelson ... musician: violin
Mark Nightingale ... musician: trombone
Martin Owen ... musician: french horn
Andy Parker ... musician: viola
Kathryn Parry ... musician: violin (as Kathryn Perry)
Tom Pigott Smith ... musician: violin
Debbie Preece ... musician: violin
Richard Pryce ... double bass
J.A.C. Redford ... orchestrator
Simon Rhodes ... scoring mixer
Frank Ricotti ... musician: percussion
Tim Rodier ... music preparation
Steve Rossell ... musician: double bass
Thomas Rudd ... musician: Fanfare Trumpeter
Anoushka Shankar ... instrumental soloist
Emlyn Singleton ... musician: violin
Owen Slade ... musician: tuba
Sonia Slany ... musician: violin
Gareth Small ... musician: trumpet
Jonathan Strange ... musician: violin
Jill Streater ... music librarian: UK
Paul Sutton ... musician: Fanfare Trumpeter
Julian Tear ... musician: violin
Cathy Thompson ... musician: violin
Christopher Tombling ... musician: violin (as Chris Tombling)
David Vines ... musician: trombone
Richard Watkins ... instrumental soloist / musician: french horn
Debbie Widdup ... musician: violin
Jonathan Williams ... musician: cello
Andrew Wood ... musician: trombone
Chris Worsey ... musician: cello
Warren Zielinski ... musician: violin
Rachel Bolt ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Sue Dench ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Helen Kamminga ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Kieran Leonard ... musician: bodhrán (uncredited)
Steve Mair ... musician: double bass (uncredited)
Dorina Markoff ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Vicky Matthews ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Mary Scully ... musician: double bass (uncredited)
Allen Walley ... musician: double bass (uncredited)
Bruce White ... musician: viola (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Sue Hills ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Glyn Alderson ... unit driver
Allan Bradshaw ... transportation co-captain
Richard Bunting ... facilities department head
Grant Burns ... driver: cast
Stuart Clayson ... technical trucks
Paul Deluce ... unit driver
Simon Dennis ... driver: cast
Paul Howitt ... unit driver
Simon Hudnott ... transportation captain
Lee Isgar ... driver: Judy Dench
Declan Lambert ... technical trucks department head
Jeni Meredith ... project manager: translux
Marius Badoiu ... construction truck driver (uncredited)
Darren Burgess ... 4x4 driver (uncredited)
Paul Mahoney ... facilities driver (uncredited)
Chris Nuttall ... tech trucks project manager: Translux International (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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John Alfred ... finance executive
Pip Ayers ... epk producer
Veronica Barnett ... dailies payroll accountant
Jacqui Barr ... marketing executive
Shrabani Basu ... consultant
Ankita Batra ... production coordinator
James Baudouy ... e.p.k. videographer
Ganesh Singh Bist ... production assistant
Faz Buffery ... set pa
India Castle-Gibb ... base production assistant
Jami Chan ... production coordinator
Malcolm Cheatle ... security
Matt Curtis ... titles designer
Martin Davies-Redgrave ... production assistant: additional photography
Christopher Declerk ... horse master (as Chris De Clerk)
Nilesh Deolekar ... technical administrator
Jim Dines ... marine co-ordination
Linda Drew ... personal assistant: Mr Frears
Victoria Endacott ... assistant: Tim Bevan
Nick J. Evan-Cook ... production assistant
James Excell ... set production assistant: dailies
India Flint ... assistant: Eric Fellner
Nicki Foster ... unit publicist
Catherine Francis ... 1st assistant accountant
Rebecca Gibson ... assets coordinator
Lois Gration ... production secretary
Nancy Gryspeerdt ... voice coach: Mr Gambon
Sofia Guiotto ... travel coordinator
Jim Hajicosta ... financial controller
Callum Harling ... accounts assistant
William Ings ... titles illustrator
Bethan John ... Base PA
Kennie Jones ... security
Luke Keeley ... security
Sheerin Khosrowshahi-Miandoab ... assistant production coordinator
Rachel King ... unit nurse
Henry Briggs Kittredge ... assistant: Liza Chasin (as Henry Kittredge)
Ryan Locke ... head of security
Nichola Martin ... development executive: BBC
Monica Mazel ... publicity assistant
Angela Moneke ... production assistant: Working Title Films
Julian Murray ... production accountant
Daniel Naprous ... horse master
Ricky Niven ... marine coordinator: Scotland
Josh Nixon ... assistant accountant
Siddharth Parwana ... production staff
Jenna Pearson ... crowd pa
Georgia Pownall ... assistant: Eric Fellner
Saleem Ahmed Qazi ... consultant: Urdu language
Asha Radwan ... clearances
Daniel Rogers ... health and safety adviser
Evelyn Rooney ... production assistant: Isle of Wight
Zoe Ross ... horse department coordinator
Penny Ryder ... production assistant: Ms Dench
Callum Sampson ... crowd pa: dailies
Tom Savage ... epk producer
Sean Seymour ... production assistant: dailies
Kshitij Sharma ... consultant
Sanjay Sharma ... production executive: Working Title
Kiran Shetty ... production assistant: india
Eloise Singer ... food stylist (as a different name)
Charles Joseph Smith ... security
Behnam Taheri ... assistant: Mr Frears & Ms Seaward
Katharine Tidy ... home economist
Tiffany Tiesiera ... production executive
Jessica Tolan ... cashier
Gianpiero Vannucci ... set pa
Hugo Vickers ... historical advisor
Graham Walters ... craft service
Nicola White ... assistant: Ms Kidron
Sarah Jane Wright ... head of production: Working Title
Phoebe Young ... set production assistant: dailies
Glyn Alderson ... satellite internet wifi engineer (uncredited)
Kriss TheDish Brown ... on-set internet technician (uncredited)
Lawrence Mason ... production coordinator: Working Title (uncredited)
Max Mason ... set production assistant (uncredited)
Phil Pease ... medic on-location (uncredited)

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Alan Macdonald ... in memory of
Tim Pigott-Smith ... in memory of

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal) arrives from India to participate in Queen Victoria's (Dame Judi Dench's) golden jubilee. The young clerk is surprised to find favor with the Queen. As Victoria questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance that her household and inner circle try to destroy. As their friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes, joyfully reclaiming her humanity.

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Taglines History's most unlikely friendship See more »
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Also Known As
  • 维多利亚与阿卜杜勒 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Victoria and Abdul (World-wide, English title)
  • Victoria and Abdul (New Zealand, English title)
  • Victoria and Abdul (Ireland, English title)
  • Confident Royal (France)
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Runtime
  • 111 min
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Budget $21,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia When filming began in September 2016, Judi Dench was one month older than Queen Victoria was when she died. See more »
Goofs At least twice, Abdul refers to his home province as "Uttar Pradesh". That name was coined in 1950. At the time depicted in the movie, the area was called "United Provinces". See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Episode dated 31 May 2017 (2017). See more »
Soundtracks Sons of the Brave See more »
Crazy Credits Begins with text that says it is "Based on real events... mostly". See more »
Quotes Abdul Karim: Listen, little drop, give yourself up without regret and in return you will gain the ocean. Give yourself away and in the great sea you will be secure.
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