A Passage to India
“David Lean, the Director of "Doctor Zhivago", "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Bridge on the River Kwai", invites you on . .”
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
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Cast
32 people
Judy Davis
Adela Quested
Known for
Ratched
Marie Antoinette
Victor Banerjee
Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed
Known for
Bitter Moon
High Life
Peggy Ashcroft
Mrs. Moore
Known for
The 39 Steps
When the Wind Blows
James Fox
Richard Fielding
Known for
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Utopia
Alec Guinness
Professor Godbole
Known for
Star Wars
Lawrence of Arabia
Nigel Havers
Ronny Heaslop
Known for
Empire of the Sun
Coronation Street
Richard Wilson
Mr. Turton
Known for
Merlin
Gulliver's Travels
Antonia Pemberton
Mrs. Turton
Known for
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Michael Culver
Major McBryde
Known for
Neverwhere
Wallander
Art Malik
Mahmoud Ali
Known for
True Lies
The Living Daylights
Saeed Jaffrey
Hamidullah
Known for
The Man Who Would Be King
Gandhi
Clive Swift
Major Callendar
Known for
Keeping Up Appearances
Frenzy
David Lean Director · E.M. Forster Author Maurice Jarre Composer
Worldwide gross $40M · Budget $14M · United States release December 14, 1984
Box office
Budget
$14,500,000
Worldwide gross
$40,000,000
Gross vs. budget
2.8×
Production
EMI Films
Production
John Brabourne and Richard Goodwyn Productions
Production
HBO Films
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio · Production
Home Box Office
Production
Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hindi
Release dates
Belgium · December 14, 1984
Theatrical
United States · December 14, 1984
Limited theatrical · New York
United States
February 1, 1985 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 3, 1985 · Theatrical
Denmark
August 23, 1985 · Theatrical
France
April 24, 1985 · Theatrical
Germany
April 26, 1985 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 19, 1985 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 4, 1985 · Theatrical
October 4, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Poland
January 1, 1986 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 28, 1985 · Theatrical
Romania
December 14, 1984 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 19, 1986 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 15, 1985 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 18, 1985 · Limited theatrical · London
April 19, 1985 · Theatrical
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