London, 1947. Summoned by the Prime Minister from the Court where he is presiding judge, Cyril Radcliffe is given an unlikely mission. He is to travel to India, a country he has never visited, and, with limited survey information, no expert support and no knowledge of cartography, he is to draw the border which will divide the Indian sub-continent into two new Sovereign Dominions. To make matters even more challenging, he has only six weeks to complete the task. Wholly unsuited to his role, Radcliffe is unprepared for the dangerous whirlpool of political intrigue and passion into which he is plunged – untold consequences may even result from the illicit liaison between the Leader of the Congress Party and the Viceroy’s wife… As he begins to break under the pressure he comes to realise that he holds in his hands the fate of millions of people.
as PETHICK LAWRENCE/SARGEANT
as JINNAH
as Cyril Radcliffe
as Edwina Mountbatten
as NEHRU
as ANTONIA RADCLIFFE
as MR JUSTICE MEHER/CHAND MAHAJAN/VILLAGER
as GANDHI/ELDER/TEJA SINGH
as MOUNTBATTEN
as DALIT WOMAN/KALVATI
as CHAUDRI/AIDE TO NEHRU/INDIAN PHOTOGRAPHER
as RAO VD AYER/YOUNG MAN
as LIAQUAT/VILLAGER/AIDE TO NEHRU/DIN MOHAMMED
as CHRISTOPHER BEAUMONT
as DALI WOMAN/TARAVATI
as YOUNG MAN/AIDE TO JINNAH/LORD KRISHNA
as Clement Atlee
