Autobiography of a Princess

Oct 5, 1975

0h 58m

★ 5.0

Overview

On the birthday of her late father, a deposed Maharaja, a displaced Indian princess living in London and his former private secretary watch home movies and reminisce about royal India.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Merchant Ivory Productions

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Cast

Cyril Sahib

James Mason

The Princess

Madhur Jaffrey

Blackmailer

Diane Fletcher

Blackmailer

Timothy Bateson

Blackmailer

Johnny Stuart

Papa

Nazrul Rahman

Delivery Man

Keith Varnier

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