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1983 Certificate PG
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This made-for-TV adaptation of M.M. Kaye's novel is a haunting love story set in imperial 19th-century India. Ben Cross plays Ashton Pelham-Martyn, an Indian-reared British officer who is assigned to safeguard a group of Indian princesses en route to meet their new husbands-to-be. During the voyage, Ashton discovers that one of .. Read more

Starring Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Omar Sharif
Director Peter Duffell
Genres Drama

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The Far Pavilions

This made-for-TV adaptation of M.M. Kaye's novel is a haunting love story set in imperial 19th-century India. Ben Cross plays Ashton Pelham-Martyn, an Indian-reared British officer who is assigned to safeguard a group of Indian princesses en route to meet their new husbands-to-be. During the voyage, Ashton discovers that one of these women is Anjuli (Amy Irving), a girl he adored when he was just a child. Euphoria gives way to despair, however, when they realise that their romance cannot have a happy ending....

Starring Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Omar Sharif, Benedict Taylor, Saeed Jaffrey, Rossano Brazzi, Robert Hardy
Director Peter Duffell
Studio ACORN MEDIA
Run time DVD: 5 hrs 10 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 06 Aug 2001
Production year: 1983
Format DVD

The Far Pavilions (2 discs) (1983)

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  • 10 out of 10 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Excellent

    I was impressed with this film when I saw it on television about 20 years ago and was just as impressed seeing it again on dvd. This is the story of a man facing the complexes of being brought up as a Hindu known as Ashouk as a small boy after his parents were massacred in India, then returning to England to become a soldier in his father's regiment who is then known as Ash. He returns to India and is torn between his old Hindu friends and the English community. A young princess is to be married to an elderly prince in another province and the pre wedding procession is magnificent, the costumes sumptuous and the journey exciting. Ash accompanies this extravaganza, falls in love with the princess's sister a half caste who he knew as a child and their moments together are very tender. When the old prince dies the scenes at the cremation are very tense and the scenery of the whole film is magnificent.

      • A customer from Leatherhead, England
      • Posted 18 Feb 2005 17:03

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Can you stick with it?

    Comes in two discs over 6 hours long. It starts well but the starts to drag and never seems to amount to anything. The caravan journey to the wedding seems to go on forever and after a while you get bored, you can enjoy once a week but when transferred to whole discs becomes boring and a yawn. I never got to see the second disc as another 3 hours of the same was more than I could cope with.

      • A customer from Heckington,England
      • Posted 16 Oct 2005 11:06

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