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6.1/10 • 8

1963-04-301h 59m

HistoryDrama

The murder that changed the lives of millions!

José Ferrer and Horst Buchholz star in this fictionalised account of events leading up to the assassination of Indian spiritual leader and independence campaigner Mahatma Gandhi.

Directors
Mark Robson
Editors
Saul Bass

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  1. Horst Buchholz

    Horst Buchholz

    Naturam Godse

  2. José Ferrer

    José Ferrer

    Superintendent Das

  3. Valerie Gearon

    Valerie Gearon

    Rani Metha

  4. Don Borisenko

    Don Borisenko

    Naryan Apte

  5. Robert Morley

    Robert Morley

    P.K. Mussardi

  6. Diane Baker

    Diane Baker

    Sheila

  7. Harry Andrews

    Harry Andrews

    General Singh

  8. P. Jairaj

    P. Jairaj

    G.D. Birla

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CinemaSerf

Dec 12, 2024

6/10

In theory, this ought to have been an interesting look at just what drove Nathuram Gohdse (Horst Buchholtz) to plan and assassinate Mahatma Gandhi (J.S. Casshyap). Instead, what we get is a rather ploddingly miscast historical affair that though it does try, and try quite hard, simply doesn't really work. We are told by retrospective just why this Hindu held Gandhi responsible for the murders of many thousand Hindus by Muslims - acts for which he is determined to seek vengeance, and how he is prepared to travel the length and breadth of his country to achieve his goal. The casting of Horst Buccholz, an attractive man who is a master at illustrating fear and panic - he has a wonderful face for conveying these emotions - is bizarre, but not so odd as Robert Morley, Harry Andrews (Gen. Singh) and a really wooden José Ferrer as Gopal Das - the policeman determined to try and thwart the myriad of ongoing plots. Though beautifully shot and with some considerable attention paid to the look of the film, the story lacks pace, the characters depth and but for an almost doppelgänger performance from an eerily familiar looking Casshyap, this struggles above the parapet of a procedural melodrama. There is certainly an intensity to Buchholz's performance at the end, but otherwise I found this all took way too long to get anywhere...

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Status
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Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
assassinationhistory of india