1984
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The Far Pavilions: With Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Robert Hardy. Story of forbidden love in 1800s India set against the revolution for India's freedom from England.
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- 1984-04-22
- Drama, History, Romance
- 315
The Far Pavilions is an epic novel of British-Indian history by M. M. Kaye, published in 1978, which tells the story of an English officer during the British Raj. There are many parallels between this novel and Rudyard Kipling 's Kim that was published in 1900: the settings, the young English boy raised as a native by an Indian surrogate mother
- M. M. Kaye
- 1978
The Far Pavilions (TV Mini Series 1984) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Overview. Adapted from M.M. Kaye's best-selling novel, this dramatic HBO miniseries follows two star-crossed lovers -- the young British officer Ash (Ben Cross) and the betrothed princess Anjuli (Amy Irving) -- as they face daunting odds in their quest to be together.
The Far Pavilions. British officer Ashton Pelham-Martyn returns to India where he had been raised by a Hindu nurse after his parents' deaths. Danger and romance follow when Ash is...
- Peter Duffell
- 1
- Ben Cross
As an Indian-born British boy, Ashton Pelham-Martyn was rescued at the time of the Mutiny by his Indian nurse and raised by her until the age of 11. Discovered by the commanding officer of a frontier regiment, he is sent to England for his education but returns to the regiment as an officer some years later.
Faithfully adapted from M.M. Kaye's epic 1978 novel of British colonial India of the 19th century, this colorful miniseries (HBO's first) about battle, love and treachery and intrigue, as well as love and honor involving one of Her Majesty's cavalry officers and an Indian princess who has been promi.
