Partition

United Kingdom

• 1987-08-19(GB)
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  Drama,

  Romance
• ▪ 1h-18m

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Overview

The tumultuous events surrounding the sub-continent's partition in 1947 into India and Pakistan are re-imagined in Ken McMullen's complex and visually striking film. A lunatic asylum in the city of Lahore becomes a mirror image of events in the outside political world, with the same actors playing both inmates and rulers. Adapted by Tariq Ali and McMullen from famous Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto's short story 'Toba Tek Singh', Partition speaks for the countless millions that the usual British Raj films sweep out of sight. Released to mark the 60th anniversary of the partition of the Indian sub-continent, this is the film's first-ever release on DVD.

• Ken McMullenDirector

  Tariq AliWriter

  Ken McMullenWriter

  Lynn HorsfordProducer

  Nancy SchiesariDirector of Photography

  Barrie GuardOriginal Music Composer