Directed by:
Peter DuffellScreenplay:
Julian BondCinematography:
Jack CardiffComposer:
Carl DavisCast:
Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Benedict Taylor, Rossano Brazzi, Saeed Jaffrey, Robert Hardy, Omar Sharif, John Gielgud, Rupert Everett, Art Malik (more)Plots(1)
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 realize that their romance cannot have a happy ending.... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ben Cross](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270648_f610e5.jpg)
Ben Cross
UK
Best series:
Banshee (2013) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
![Amy Irving](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270451_f7a480.jpg)
Amy Irving
USA
Best series:
House M.D. (2004) (series)
Spin City (1996) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
![Christopher Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267405_f0cfe9.jpg)
Christopher Lee
UK
Best series:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
![Benedict Taylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279274_3fc1cb.jpg)
Benedict Taylor
UK
Best series:
Wallander (2008) (series)
Unforgotten (2015) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
![Rossano Brazzi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/448/448873_ef2657.jpg)
Rossano Brazzi
Italy
Best series:
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Christopher Columbus (1985) (series)
![Saeed Jaffrey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276587_931e35.jpg)
Saeed Jaffrey
Best series:
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Robert Hardy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871820_03d947.jpg)
Robert Hardy
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Little Dorrit (2008) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
![Omar Sharif](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/126/166126643_39d069.jpg)
Omar Sharif
Egypt
Best series:
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
L'Île mystérieuse (1973) (series)
Peter the Great (1986) (series)
![John Gielgud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405827_80acb2.png)
John Gielgud
UK
Best series:
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
![Rupert Everett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/137/163137819_7e9d62.png)
Rupert Everett
UK
Best series:
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Quacks (2017) (series)
![Art Malik](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/341/165341528_05a913.jpg)
Art Malik
Pakistan
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
Homeland (2011) (series)
![Anthony Sharp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/906/157906653_fc4012.jpg)
Anthony Sharp
UK
Best series:
Dad's Army (1968) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
The Young Ones (1982) (series)
![Caterina Boratto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/434/434727_d7c2c4.jpg)
Caterina Boratto
Italy
Best series:
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
![Constantine Gregory](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/999/158999757_1c7a42.jpg)
Constantine Gregory
USA
Best series:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
I'm Alan Partridge (1997) (series)
Gangs of London (2020) (series)
![Parikshat Sahni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/806/160806136_0f0e63.jpg)
Parikshat Sahni
Best series:
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Rama Vij
India
Best series:
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
![Jennifer Kendal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/934/159934995_573dd9.jpg)
Jennifer Kendal
UK
Best series:
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Sudhir
Best series:
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Rupert Frazer
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Cover Her Face (1985) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Mary Peach
South Africa
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)