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About 1982 film directed by Richard Attenborough
Genres drama, biographical, historical drama, flashback
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Written by John Briley
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Ben Kingsley, Richard Griffiths, Martin Sheen, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud, Amrish Puri, Om Puri
Music Ravi Shankar, George Fenton
Runtime 185 min
Country United Kingdom, India
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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