The Far Pavilions
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ben Cross
Amy Irving
Omar Sharif
John Gielgud
Christopher Lee
Rossano Brazzi
Film Details
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Synopsis
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 promised in marriage to a despotic ruler, brings to the TV screen the sweeping adventure that in years past had been the domain of Errol Flynn, Robert Taylor and Tyrone Power. (Ironically, a new television production of "Kim" premiered shortly afterwards.) Ben Cross and Amy Irving are the lovers, Omar Sharif is his Indian mentor, Rossano Brazzi is the Indian ruler who wants Irving as his bride, Christopher Lee is her benevolent uncle, and Sir John Gielgud is Major Sir Louis Cavagnari, British Ambassador to Afghanistan, who is killed at the siege of Kabul.
Cast
Ben Cross
Amy Irving
Omar Sharif
John Gielgud
Christopher Lee
Rossano Brazzi
Benedict Taylor
Sneh Gupta
Saeed Jaffrey
Robert Hardy
Jennifer Kendal
Felicity Dean
Rupert Everett
Mary Peach
Adam Bareham
Rupert Fraser
Clive Francis
Tanveer Ghani
Goga Kapoor
Art Malik
Vinod Nagpal
Shayur Mehta
Anthony Sharp
Caterina Boratto
Peter Arne
Michael Cochrane
William Gaunt
Jeremy Sinden
Constantine Gregory
John Forbes-robertson
Michael Malnick
James Snell
Ravi Behil
Ravi Valecha
Atul Tandon
Rama Vij
Bharati Devi
Bhushan Tewari
Praveen Paul
Tony Jordan
Jonie Sethi
Kristina Lesho
Ajit Singh
Moti Makan
Taj Sapru
Sultan Lalani
Dilip Singh
Crew
Peter Boita
Julian Bond
Jack Cardiff
Carl Davis
Raymond Hughes
John Jympson
M M Kaye
Robert Laing
John Peverall
Geoffrey Reeve
George Richardson
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Aired in United States April 22, 1984
Aired in United States April 23, 1984
Aired in United States April 24, 1984
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