Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)
La storia di una troupe familiare di attori inglesi che viaggiano per le città e i villaggi dell'India rappresentando opere shakespeariane. Attraverso i loro viaggi vediamo il volto mutevole dell'India mentre il vecchio viene sostituito dal nuovo, i Maharaja diventano proprietari di hotel, lo sport diventa più importante della cultura e il teatro viene sostituito dai film di Bollywood. Basato sui viaggi di Geoffrey Kendal con sua figlia Felicity Kendal.
Direttore:
James Ivory
Scrittore:
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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Shashi Kapoor as Sanju |
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Felicity Kendal as Lizzie Buckingham |
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Geoffrey Kendal as Mr. Tony Buckingham |
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Laura Liddell as Mrs. Carla Buckingham |
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Madhur Jaffrey as Manjula |
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Utpal Dutt as Maharaja |
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Praveen Paul as Didi |
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Prayag Raj as Sharmaji |
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Pinchoo Kapoor as Guptaji |
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Jim D. Tytler as Bobby |
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Hamid Sayani as Headmaster's Brother |
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Marcus Murch as Dandy in 'The Critic' |
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Partap Sharma as Aslam |
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Sudarshan Dhir as Manjula's Dance Director (uncredited) |
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Jennifer Kendal as Mrs. Bowen (uncredited) |
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Ismail Merchant as Theater Owner (uncredited) |
| Directing | James Ivory | Director |
| Camera | Subrata Mitra | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Satyajit Ray | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Ismail Merchant | Producer |
| Editing | Amit Bose | Editor |
| Writing | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Writer |
| Writing | James Ivory | Writer |