A Passage to India

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A Passage to India is a 1984 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel about cultural tensions and colonial rule in British-occupied India.

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instanceOf British film
drama film
film
academyAwardWinnerName Peggy Ashcroft
academyAwardWon Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
surface form: Best Supporting Actress
authorOfSourceWork E. M. Forster
baftaAwardWon Best Film
Best Supporting Actress
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cinematographer Ernest Day
composerOscarWinner Maurice Jarre
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director David Lean
distributor Columbia Pictures
distributorRegion United States of America
surface form: United States
editor David Lean
filmingLocation England
India
genre drama
goldenGlobeWon Best Foreign Film
Best Supporting Actress
language English
mpaaRating PG
musicBy Maurice Jarre
oscarNominations 11
producer John Brabourne
Richard Goodwin
productionCompany EMI Films
Goldcrest Films
releaseDateUK 1984-12-14
releaseYear 1984
runtimeMinutes 163
screenwriter David Lean
settingLocation India
settingTime British India
surface form: British Raj
starring Alec Guinness
Ann Firbank
Art Malik
Clive Merrison
Clive Swift
David Niven Jr.
Derrick Branche
Fabia Drake
I. S. Johar
surface form: I.S. Johar

James Fox
Judy Davis
Michael Culver
Nigel Havers
Peggy Ashcroft
Richard Wilson
Roshan Seth
Saeed Jaffrey
Victor Banerjee
Zia Mohyeddin
theme colonialism
cultural tensions
friendship
justice
race relations
title A Passage to India self-link

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