Gandhi (1983)

02/25/1983 3h 11m

His triumph changed the world forever.

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Overview

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

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Cast Ages at Release

Ben Kingsley

as Mahatma Gandhi

Born 12/31/1943, age

Candice Bergen

as Margaret Bourke-White

Born 05/09/1946, age

Edward Fox

as General Dyer

Born 04/13/1937, age

John Gielgud

as Lord Irwin

Born 04/14/1904

Died 05/21/2000, age

Trevor Howard

as Judge Broomfield

Born 09/29/1913

Died 01/07/1988, age

John Mills

as Lord Chelmsford

Born 02/22/1908

Died 04/23/2005, age

Martin Sheen

as Vince Walker

Born 08/03/1940, age

Ian Charleson

as Reverend Charlie Andrews

Born 08/11/1949

Died 01/06/1990, age

Günther Maria Halmer

as Dr. Herman Kallenbach

Born 01/05/1943, age

Saeed Jaffrey

as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Born 01/08/1929

Died 11/15/2015, age

Geraldine James

as Mirabehn

Born 07/06/1950, age

Amrish Puri

as Khan

Born 06/22/1932

Died 01/12/2005, age

Roshan Seth

as Pandit Nehru

Born 04/02/1942, age

Ian Bannen

as Senior Police Officer

Born 06/29/1928

Died 11/03/1999, age

Richard Griffiths

as Collins

Born 07/31/1947

Died 03/28/2013, age

Nigel Hawthorne

as Kinnoch

Born 04/05/1929

Died 12/26/2001, age

Michael Hordern

as Sir George Hodge

Born 10/03/1911

Died 05/02/1995, age

Supriya Pathak

as Manu

Born 01/07/1961, age

Neena Gupta

as Abha

Born 07/04/1959, age

Winston Ntshona

as Porter

Born 10/06/1941

Died 08/02/2018, age

Marius Weyers

as Conductor

Born 02/03/1945, age

Alok Nath

as Tyeb Mohammed

Born 07/10/1956, age

Om Puri

as Nahari (uncredited)

Born 10/18/1950

Died 01/06/2017, age

Daniel Day-Lewis

as Colin

Born 04/29/1957, age

Mohan Agashe

as Tyeb Mohammed's Friend

Born 07/23/1947, age

Bernard Hill

as Sergeant Putnam

Born 12/17/1944, age

John Quentin

as Batsman

Born 01/01/1935, age

Pankaj Kapur

as Pyarelal

Born 05/29/1954, age

David Sibley

as Subaltern

Born 07/16/1948, age

Dalip Tahil

as Zia

Born 10/30/1952, age

John Ratzenberger

as American Lieutenant

Born 04/06/1947, age

Tom Alter

as Doctor at Aga Khan Palace

Born 06/22/1950

Died 09/29/2017, age