Jinnah
07/11/1998
Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation for the Muslim minority, infuriating Lord Mountbatten. Mountbatten then tries to enlist Gandhi & Nehru to persuade Jinnah to stop his efforts. Gandhi sides with Jinnah, which upsets Nehru. However, Jinnah turns down the offer to become prime minister and the film takes another slide back to 1916, which reveals all of the political implications that have occurred.
Movie Information
Christopher Lee
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
James Fox
as Mountbatten
Maria Aitken
as Edwina
Shashi Kapoor
as Narrator
Richard Lintern
as Jinnah (Younger)
Indira Varma
as Ruttie Jinnah
Sam Dastor
as Gandhi
Robert Ashby
as Nehru
Shireen Shah
as Fatima Jinnah
Yousuf Kamal
as Liaquat Ali Khan (as Shakeel)
Ian Gelder
as English Police Officer
Michael Elwyn
as Sir Cyril Radcliffe
John Nettleton
as General Gracie
David Sterne
as Birwhistle
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Lord Willingdon
Rowena Cooper
as Lady Willingdon
