Screening

movie poster

Victoria & Abdul

6.9

Released September 13, 2017Runtime 1h 52min

History's most unlikely friendship.

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Working Title Films

BBC Film

Perfect World Pictures

Cross Street Films

Focus Features

India Take One

Production Countries

India

United Kingdom

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $22,000,000
Revenue: $66,558,465
Profit/Loss: $44,558,465

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

Judi DenchQueen Victoria

Ali FazalAbdul Karim

Tim Pigott-SmithSir Henry Ponsonby

Eddie IzzardBertie, Prince of Wales

Adeel AkhtarMohammed

Michael GambonLord Salisbury

Paul HigginsDr. James Reid

Olivia WilliamsBaroness Churchill

Fenella WoolgarMiss Phipps

Julian WadhamAlick Yorke

Jonathan HardenKaiser Wilhelm II

Robin SoansArthur Bigge

Ruth McCabeMrs. Tuck

Simon CallowMr. Puccini

Benjamin HaighPage Boy

Will ChristophersonYoung Porter Boy

Martyn MaygerYeoman of the Guard

Deano BugattiQueen Victoria's Waiter

Penny RyderGrand Duchess Sophie

Christopher McMullenFootman

Rita McDonald DamperHam House Guest

Sukh OjlaMrs. Karim

Grant CrookesFootman

Shaun NewnhamRoyal Household Staff

Nigel BlackPrivate Secretary

Sophie TrottPrincess Helena

Andrei CsolsimFootman

Glyn AngellYoung Chef

Lois TemelNurse

Marek HollandsFootman

Nicolas Savidis-MacrisItalian Dinner Guest

Simon CraddockFootman

Tim BristowDeputy Parliamentary Secretary

Cliff DuttonFootman

Martin McGilliganFootman

Benjamin MurrellFootman

Daniel TrevennaFootman

Stuart WhelanChef (uncredited)

Sam KenyonPuccini Pianist

Crew

Stephen FrearsDirector

Sue HillsScript Supervisor

Jayant RaoThird Assistant Director

Krishan Pratap SinghSecond Assistant Director

Amar VaswaniAssistant Director

Gouri DuttSecond Second Assistant Director

Olivia LloydSecond Assistant Director

Deborah SabanFirst Assistant Director

Mohit SilswalThird Assistant Director

Lee HallScreenplay

Shrabani BasuBook

Tim BevanProducer

Karan MallyCasting Associate

Eric FellnerProducer

Sanjeev MauryaCasting Associate

Raj BhansaliCasting Assistant

Beeban KidronProducer

Tracey SeawardProducer

Nandini ShrikentCasting

Yash MehtaCasting Assistant

Samantha Knox-JohnstonUnit Production Manager

Pranav SahniProduction Manager

Lissy HolmCasting

Leo DavisCasting

Rakesh SinghUnit Production Manager

Julian MurrayProduction Accountant

Sheerin Khosrowshahi-MiandoabAssistant Production Coordinator

Jami ChanProduction Coordinator

Ankita BatraProduction Coordinator

Lois GrationProduction Secretary

Lawrence MasonProduction Coordinator

Lee HallExecutive Producer

Callum HarlingAssistant Accountant

Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer

Adam SquiresArt Direction

Consolata BoyleCostume Design

Danny CohenDirector of Photography

Alan MacDonaldProduction Design

Sarah FinlayArt Direction

Loulia SheppardHair Designer

Adam James PhillipsMakeup Artist

Paul McGeachanGaffer

Ray MarstonWigmaker

Simon TannerElectrician

Andrea CracknellMakeup Artist

Amie WilsonMakeup Artist

Paul StewartProperty Master

Kate MorathBoom Operator

Iain MackaySteadicam Operator

Dafydd ArchardSound Re-Recording Mixer

Karolina DziwinskaDigital Intermediate

Beverley BindaMakeup Artist

Paul O'HaraVisual Effects Coordinator

Maria ChamberlainDigital Intermediate

Shaun RichardsDigital Intermediate

Alex MottKey Grip

Hugo AdamsFoley Editor

Rob FarrisDigital Intermediate

Adam GascoyneVisual Effects Supervisor

Noga Alon SteinVisual Effects Producer

Daniel PhillipsMakeup Designer

Sue HardingFoley

Tapio SalmiMakeup Artist

Choi Ho ManSupervising Art Director

Peter KeithDrone Operator

Jim DinesMarine Coordinator

Luca ZappalaCG Supervisor

Peter MountainStill Photographer

Will KendalRigging Gaffer

Terry RobbElectrician

Matt CurtisTitle Designer

Edd GamlinVisual Effects Editor

Mike DowsonSound Re-Recording Mixer

Lawrence HookDigital Intermediate

Becki PontingSupervising Sound Editor

Patrick MaloneDigital Intermediate

Jeanna MortimerFirst Assistant Editor

Chris ReynoldsSpecial Effects Supervisor

Phil LeeSound Effects Editor

Melanie OliverEditor

Daniel PhillipsHair Designer

Ian WilsonSupervising Sound Editor

Garry HedgesLighting Technician

Julian SpencerStunt Coordinator

Constantine KatsarasDraughtsman

Adam MendezFoley Mixer

Sam StefanStunts

Tania BlundenPost Production Supervisor

Jonathan MarisStoryboard Artist

Dan MarsdenConstruction Manager

Alison ClementsDraughtsman

Mark Stevenson-EllisAssistant Set Decoration

Darren LyttleAssistant Property Master

Chris RosserGraphic Designer

Johanna GarradAssistant Costume Designer

Riyaz Ali MerchantWardrobe Supervisor

J.A.C. RedfordOrchestrator

Marion WeiseCostume Supervisor

Ryan ColliganAssistant Editor

Alan MacDonaldIn Memory Of

Tim Pigott-SmithIn Memory Of

Jake PolonskySecond Unit Director of Photography

Bobbie EdwardsCostume Coordinator

Gerard McCannMusic Editor

Rosie GrantAssistant Costume Designer

Andrea CracknellHairstylist

Lee SharpBoom Operator

Jen AnnorAssistant Sound Engineer

Recommendations

7.1Garden Party

6.3Summer Villa

6.4The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

5.1Comment tuer sa mère

5.8Beatriz at Dinner

6.0Christmas in Love

6.1DolceRoma

5.7The Comedian

5.3Ithaca

6.3Menashe

6.6Love in Winterland

5.4Beneath

5.7Flock of Dudes

7.6Chasing Great

5.4Forget About Nick

5.8The Last Prosecco

7.0The Cruise

6.6Holy Year

5.8Los perros

6.4Cinderella and the Secret Prince

Similar Movies

6.8Pikku Pietarin piha

5.4He Went That Way

7.7The Hustler

6.4The Man Who Fell to Earth

7.1Straw Dogs

7.0Heavenly Creatures

6.3Sommersby

8.2The Prestige

7.9The Miracle Worker

6.9The Queen

7.2The Talented Mr. Ripley

7.1Notes on a Scandal

7.4Frida

6.5Crash

7.7All the President's Men

8.0Andrei Rublev

7.9Aparajito

7.5Birdman of Alcatraz

7.7Cool Hand Luke

7.5Doctor Zhivago

Reviews

by Peter McGinn

I wouldn't say this is a memorable historical film, but it was interesting and entertaining enough to hold my attention. I researched the background a little bit, and I am not sure why they made some of their changes to how the unlikely friendship actually transpired. I assume it was to simplify th...

by Filipe Manuel Neto

**A good movie, on almost every level.** I really like films with a historical background or those linked to the monarchy, which has a lot to do with my personal life, my birth family and also with my work as historian. I was very curious about this movie, and today I finally got to see it. And ...