The Last Days of the Raj

2007★ 6.8· Documentary, TV Movie, History

Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to an independent and sovereign India. Six months later India indeed was set free, but it had also been partitioned and overwhelmed by an orgy of sectarian violence involving Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.

Cast: James Wilby, Saskia Reeves, Julian Wadham

Director: Carl Hindmarch