Viceroy's House
2017, Film, 106 min, Biography, Drama, History, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 66
The end of an empire. The birth of two nations.
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.
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Cast
- Hugh Bonneville as Lord Louis Mountbatten
- Gillian Anderson as Lady Edwina Mountbatten
- Manish Dayal as Jeet Kumar
- Huma Qureshi as Aalia Noor
- Michael Gambon as Lord Lionel 'Pug' Ismay
- Om Puri as Ali Rahim Noor
- David Hayman as Ewart
- Simon Callow as Cyril Radcliffe
- Denzil Smith as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Neeraj Kabi as Mahatma Gandhi
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