Gandhi

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

Directed by Richard Attenborough — Om Puri · Roshan Seth · Candice Bergen · Günther Maria Halmer · Ben Kingsley · Daniel Day-Lewis · John Gielgud · Martin Sheen · Bernard Hill · Edward Fox · Richard Griffiths · John Mills · Geraldine James · Nigel Hawthorne · Amrish Puri · Richard Vernon · Winston Ntshona · Athol Fugard · John Ratzenberger

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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