The Academy Award-winning feature film starring and India, the 1920s: Adela
Quested is in Chandrapore to visit her fiance Ronny Heaslop. Through
Mr Fielding, the principal of Government College, she and her companion Mrs Moore are introduced to Dr Aziz, a Muslim surgeon.
Anxious to please the two western women, Aziz organises a trip to the fabulous Marabar Caves.
When Adela goes off alone to explore, events take a terrifying turn....
This magnificent adaptation of the novel by E.M. Forster is brought to the screen by the great British director
David Lean , who celebrated his 80th birthday last month.
Screenplay by DAVID lean based on the novel by E.M. FORSTER and the play by SANTHA RAMI RAU
Produced by JOHN BRABOURNE and RICHARD GOODWIN Directed by DAVID LEAN
(First showing on British television)
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