Directed by:
John SchlesingerScreenplay:
Ruth Prawer JhabvalaComposer:
Gerald GourietCast:
Shirley MacLaine, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy, Shabana Azmi, Leigh Lawson, Carol Gillies, Roland Curram, Eamon Geoghegan, Geoffrey Bayldon, Lee Montague (more)Plots(1)
A Russian/American piano tutor living in London encounters a young Indian boy who seems to have an extraordinary musical gift, which she realises can be moulded into genius. Here is her chance to create a world-acclaimed maestro. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Shirley MacLaine
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
The Apartment (1960)
Being There (1979)
Peggy Ashcroft
UK
Best movies:
The Nun's Story (1959)
The 39 Steps (1935)
When the Wind Blows (1986)
Twiggy
UK
Best movies:
Blues Brothers (1980)
The Taming of the Shrew (2005) (TV movie)
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
Shabana Azmi
India
Best movies:
1947 : Earth (1998)
Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)
The Chess Players (1977)
Leigh Lawson
UK
Best movies:
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV movie)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997) (series)
Carol Gillies
UK
Best movies:
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
The Hiding Place (1975)
Roland Curram
UK
Best movies:
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
Ooh... You Are Awful (1972)
Eamon Geoghegan
Best movies:
The Legend of 1900 (1998)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Geoffrey Bayldon
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Lee Montague
UK
Best movies:
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Vernon Dobtcheff
France
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Greg Ellis
UK
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Star Trek (2009)
Susan Porrett
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
After Thomas (2006) (TV movie)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Roger Hammond
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) (TV movie)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Usha Patel
Best movies:
I Am Yours (2013)
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
I Don't Speak English (1995)
Robert Rietty
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Humphrey Burton
UK
Best movies:
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
Jamila Massey
India
Best movies:
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
The Next Man (1976)
Jean Anderson
UK
Best movies:
A Town Like Alice (1956)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
Charu Bala Chokshi
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)