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The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest. The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest. The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.

• Richard Attenborough
• John Briley
• Ben Kingsley
• John Gielgud
• Rohini Hattangadi
• 360 User reviews
• 108 Critic reviews
• 79 Metascore
• 35 wins & 23 nominations total

Top cast 99+

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Kasturba Gandhi
• (as Rohini Hattangady)

• Pandit Nehru

• Margaret Bourke-White

• General Dyer

• Judge Broomfield

• The Viceroy

• Charlie Andrews

• Herman Kallenbach
• (as Gunter Maria Halmer)

• General Smuts

• Sardar Patel

• Mohamed Ali Jinnah

• Senior Police Officer

• Principal Secretary
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• Trivia Over 300,000 extras appeared in the funeral sequence. About 200,000 were volunteers, and 94,560 were paid a small fee (under contract). The sequence was filmed on January 31, 1981, the 33rd anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's funeral. Eleven crews shot over 20,000 feet of film, which was pared down to two minutes and five seconds in the final release.
• Goofs In the opening scene in South Africa, Gandhi is riding first class on a steam locomotive. The first class car is shown as the forward car, closest to the engine. In passenger steam engines, first class would be the rearmost car, farthest away from the engine's heat and exhaust. Second or third class would be nearest the engine.

Gandhi : An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

• Crazy credits Opening credits prologue: No man's life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each person who helped to shape a lifetime. What can be done is to be faithful in spirit to the record and try to find one's way to the heart of the man.... NEW DELHI INDIA 30th JANUARY 1948
• Alternate versions In April 2005, Skoll launched the Gandhi Project in partnership with Silicon Valley entrepreneur Kamran Elahian. Working with Palestinian voice actors and artists, an award-winning director dubbed the epic film into Arabic. It is being screened throughout Palestine in order to advance civil society goals of peaceful resistance, self-reliance, economic development and local empowerment, and plans are underway to expand screenings throughout the Arab world.
• Connections Featured in The Making of Gandhi: Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi (1983)
• Soundtracks God Save the King! (1744) (uncredited) Music attributed to Henry Carey Sung by Ben Kingsley Reprised when India achieves independence

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A true epic, in every sense of the word.

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• February 25, 1983 (United States)
• United Kingdom
• Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi
• Old Town Hall, Staines, Surrey, England, UK (courtroom in India)
• International Film Investors
• National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC)
• Goldcrest Films International
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• $22,000,000 (estimated)
• $52,767,889
• Dec 12, 1982
• $52,768,419
• Runtime 3 hours 11 minutes
• Black and White
• Dolby Atmos

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