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Victoria & Abdul (2017)
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
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Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Drama, History
Written By:Lee Hall
In Theaters:10/6/2017
Box Office:$66,558,465
Runtime:112 minutes
Studio:Working Title, BBC Film, Perfect World Pictures, Cross Street Films, Focus Features, India Take One
Cast
Stephen Frears
Director
Judi Dench
Queen Victoria
Ali Fazal
Abdul Karim
Tim Pigott-Smith
Sir Henry Ponsonby
Suzy Eddie Izzard
Bertie, Prince of Wales
Adeel Akhtar
Mohammed
Michael Gambon
Lord Salisbury
Paul Higgins
Dr. James Reid
Olivia Williams
Baroness Churchill
Fenella Woolgar
Miss Phipps
Julian Wadham
Alick Yorke
Jonathan Harden
Kaiser Wilhelm II
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