Bhowani junction

Movie
German title	Bhowani junction
Original title	Bhowani Junction
Country of production	USA , UK
original language	English
Publishing year	1956
length	110 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	George Cukor
script	Sonya Levien Ivan Moffat
production	Pandro S. Berman
music	Miklós Rózsa
camera	Freddie Young
cut	George Boemler Frank Clarke
occupation
Ava Gardner : Victoria Jones Stewart Granger : Col. Rodney Savage Bill Travers : Patrick Taylor Abraham Sofaer : Surabhai Francis Matthews : Ranjit Singh Kassi Marne Maitland : Govindaswami Peter Illing : Ghan Shyam aka Davay Edward Chapman : Thomas Jones Freda Jackson : Sandani Lionel Jeffries : Lt. Graham McDaniel

Junction Bhowani (Original title: Bhowani Junction) is an American film from 1956, based on the novel of the same name by John Masters .

action

Victoria Jones, a half-Indian woman, seeks her identity in the turmoil of the uprisings. She is almost raped by a British Army man and kills him in self-defense . Her work colleague, also an Indian, helps her to cover up the crime. She becomes his fiancée out of gratitude. Ranjit's mother has ties to a mysterious terrorist. The young woman is now between two cultures and is almost insane with fear. Her boss Rodney Savage eventually helps her.

Reviews

"One of Cukor's favorite topics, the individual and social identity crisis, is connected here with the identity crisis of a nation in upheaval and presented as a credible drama with impressive crowd scenes."

- Lexicon of international film

literature

• John Masters : Bhowani Junction. Roman (Original title: Bhowani Junction. ) German by Susanna Rademacher . Goldmann, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-442-09116-0 .

Web links

Commons : Bhowani Junction (film)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bhowani Junction in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bhowani Junction. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 10, 2016 .