| Uniform Title |
Viceroy's house (Motion picture : 2017) |
| Title |
Viceroy's house / a Gurinder Chadha film. |
| Published |
Australia Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Limited, [2017]. |
| ©2016 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (approximately 102 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Sound Characteristics |
digital optical surround Dolby Digital |
| Video Characteristics |
DVD PAL |
| Digital File Characteristics |
video file DVD video region 4 |
| Form of Work |
Motion picture |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2017. |
| Special features: behind the scenes of Viceroy's House. |
| "The end of an empire. The birth of two nations." -- Cover. |
| Credits |
Directed by Gurinder Chadha ; screenplay by Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha and Moira Buffini ; produced by Deepak Nayar, Gurinder Chadra, Paul Mayeda Berges. |
| Performers |
Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, Michael Gambon. |
| Summary |
Viceroy’s House in Delhi was the home of the British rulers of India. After 300 years, that rule was coming to an end. For 6 months in 1947, Lord Mountbatten, great grandson of Queen Victoria, assumed the post of the last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people. A decision was taken to divide the country and create a new Muslim homeland: Pakistan. It was a decision whose consequences reverberate to this day. The end of an empire, the birth of two nations. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, PAL, region 4, aspect ratio anamorphic widescreen 2.40:1. |
| Language note |
In English. [CC] English Captions: (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). [AD] English Audio Description: (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired). |
| Subjects |
Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, -- Earl, 1900-1979 -- Drama |
| Mountbatten of Burma, Edwina Ashley Mountbatten, -- Countess, 1901-1960 -- Drama |
| Rashtrapati Bhavan (New Delhi, India) -- Drama |
| Viceroys -- Great Britain -- Drama |
| Religions -- Relations -- Drama |
| India -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Drama |
| Genre |
Historical films |
| Biographical films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Chadha, Gurinder screenwriter, film producer, film director. |
| Berges, Paul Mayeda screenwriter, film producer. |
| Buffini, Moira screenwriter. |
| Nayar, Deepak film producer. |
| Bonneville, Hugh actor. |
| Anderson, Gillian, 1968- actor. |
| Dayal, Manish, 1983- actor. |
| Qureshi, Huma, 1986- actor. |
| Gambon, Michael actor. |
| Added Corporate Names |
Anguille Productions production company |
| BBC Films production company |
| Bend It Films production company |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Anderson, Gillian, 1968- .
- Anguille Productions .
- BBC Films .
- Bend It Films .
- Berges, Paul Mayeda .
- Bonneville, Hugh .
- Buffini, Moira .
- Chadha, Gurinder .
- Dayal, Manish, 1983- .
- Gambon, Michael .
- Nayar, Deepak .
- Qureshi, Huma, 1986- .
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