In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
Viceroy's House
“The end of an empire. The birth of two nations.”
Overview
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
Director
Gurinder Chadha
Revenue
11.9M
Status
Released
Production
Reliance Entertainment, BBC Film, BFI, Bend It Films, Deepak Nayar Productions, Anguille Productions, Filmgate, India Take One, Ingenious Media, Pathé
Cast
Hugh Bonneville
Lord Mountbatten
Gillian Anderson
Edwina Mountbatten
Michael Gambon
General Hastings Ismay
Manish Dayal
Jeet
Huma Qureshi
Aalia
David Hayman
Ewart
Simon Callow
Cyril Radcliffe
Om Puri
Ali Rahim Noor
Lily Travers
Lady Pamela Hicks
Simon Williams
Archie Wavell
Arunoday Singh
Asif
Sarah-Jane Dias
Sameera
Lucy Fleming
Lady Wavell
Marcus Jean Pirae
Alan Campbell Johnson
Samrat Chakrabarti
Mohsin
Terence Harvey
Sir Fred Burrows
Roberta Taylor
Miss Reading
Neeraj Kabi
Mahatma Gandhi
Denzil Smith
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Darshan Jariwala
Guptaji
Raj Zutshi
Jaz Deol
Duleep
Robin Soans
Governor Jenkins
Tanveer Ghani
Jawaharlal Nehru
Trishaan
Farrukh
Hriiday Malhotra
Sanjit
Noah Zeiler
Henry Grady
Nicholas Blane
Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe
Mahatma Gandhi
Self (archive footage)
Jawaharlal Nehru
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edwina Mountbatten
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Louis Mountbatten
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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