Gandhi

English · 1982 · 181 min · biography, drama, flashback, historical drama

Directed by Richard Attenborough — Om Puri · Candice Bergen · Günther Maria Halmer · Bernard Hill · Daniel Day-Lewis · Ben Kingsley · Richard Griffiths · Nigel Hawthorne · Edward Fox · Amrish Puri · Martin Sheen · Roshan Seth · Trevor Howard · John Gielgud · John Mills · Richard Vernon · Ian Bannen · John Ratzenberger · Shane Rimmer

This biographical drama traces the decades-long journey of Mahatma Gandhi as he becomes a central figure in India's struggle for independence from British rule. Beginning with a humiliating incident in South Africa in the 1890s, the story follows his evolving philosophy and activism, while also touching on his openness to religious traditions beyond his own Hindu faith. The production was notable for employing an unusually vast number of background performers.

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