Autobiography of a Princess

1975 film by James Ivory

Autobiography of a Princess
Directed by	James Ivory
Written by	R. Prawer Jhabvala
Produced by	Ismail Merchant
Starring	James Mason Madhur Jaffrey Keith Varnier Diane Fletcher Timothy Bateson
Cinematography	Walter Lassally
Edited by	Humphrey Dixon
Music by	Vic Flick
Distributed by	Contemporary Films Ltd. (UK)
Release date	5 October 1975 (1975-10-05) (New York Film Festival)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	India
Language	English

Autobiography of a Princess is a 1975 film directed by James Ivory and starring James Mason and Madhur Jaffrey. It was written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and produced by Ismail Merchant.

Plot

An Indian princess (Madhur Jaffrey), long-divorced and living in self-enforced exile in 1970s London, spends time with her father's ex-tutor, Cyril Sahib (James Mason), watching film footage of Royal India and talking of a past world. There is a great deal of fascinating real-life footage and interviews with India's royalty: the Maharajas of India and the end they faced due to the 1960s socialist reforms introduced by India's then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Revival

In 2014, the Oregon Cartoon Institute brought James Ivory to Portland, Oregon, to appear in person at the Hollywood Theatre, to present two films he had personally chosen from the dozens he had directed. On 11 October it was Autobiography of a Princess (1975), shown in 35mm. Mr. Ivory introduced the film to the audience.

References

James Ivory introduces his ...; retrieved 5 January 2016

External links

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Ismail Merchant James Ivory
The Householder (1963) Shakespeare Wallah (1965) The Guru (1969) The Night of Counting the Years (1969) Bombay Talkie (1970) Savages (1972) The Wild Party (1975) Autobiography of a Princess (1975) Roseland (1977) Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978) The Five Forty-Eight (1978) The Europeans (1979) Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) Quartet (1981) The Courtesans of Bombay (1983) Heat and Dust (1983) The Bostonians (1984) A Room with a View (1985) Maurice (1987) The Deceivers (1988) The Perfect Murder (1988) Slaves of New York (1989) Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) Howards End (1992) The Remains of the Day (1993) In Custody (1994) Feast of July (1995) Jefferson in Paris (1995) The Proprietor (1996) Surviving Picasso (1996) Side Streets (1998) A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) Cotton Mary (1999) The Golden Bowl (2000) The Mystic Masseur (2001) Le Divorce (2003) Heights (2005) The White Countess (2005) Before the Rains (2008) The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

Merchant Ivory Productions

The Householder (1963)
Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
The Guru (1969)
The Night of Counting the Years (1969)
Bombay Talkie (1970)
Savages (1972)
The Wild Party (1975)
Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
Roseland (1977)
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
The Five Forty-Eight (1978)
The Europeans (1979)
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Quartet (1981)
The Courtesans of Bombay (1983)
Heat and Dust (1983)
The Bostonians (1984)
A Room with a View (1985)
Maurice (1987)
The Deceivers (1988)
The Perfect Murder (1988)
Slaves of New York (1989)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
Howards End (1992)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
In Custody (1994)
Feast of July (1995)
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
The Proprietor (1996)
Surviving Picasso (1996)
Side Streets (1998)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
Cotton Mary (1999)
The Golden Bowl (2000)
The Mystic Masseur (2001)
Le Divorce (2003)
Heights (2005)
The White Countess (2005)
Before the Rains (2008)
The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

v t e Films directed by James Ivory
The Householder (1963) The Delhi Way (1964) Shakespeare Wallah (1965) The Guru (1969) Bombay Talkie (1970) Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization (1972) Savages (1972) Autobiography of a Princess (1975) The Wild Party (1975) Roseland (1977) Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978) The Five Forty-Eight (1978) The Europeans (1979) Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) Quartet (1981) Heat and Dust (1983) The Bostonians (1984) A Room with a View (1985) Maurice (1987) Slaves of New York (1989) Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) Howards End (1992) The Remains of the Day (1993) Jefferson in Paris (1995) Lumière and Company (1995) Surviving Picasso (1996) A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) The Golden Bowl (2000) Le Divorce (2003) The White Countess (2005) The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

Films directed by James Ivory

The Householder (1963)
The Delhi Way (1964)
Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
The Guru (1969)
Bombay Talkie (1970)
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization (1972)
Savages (1972)
Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
The Wild Party (1975)
Roseland (1977)
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
The Five Forty-Eight (1978)
The Europeans (1979)
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Quartet (1981)
Heat and Dust (1983)
The Bostonians (1984)
A Room with a View (1985)
Maurice (1987)
Slaves of New York (1989)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
Howards End (1992)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Lumière and Company (1995)
Surviving Picasso (1996)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
The Golden Bowl (2000)
Le Divorce (2003)
The White Countess (2005)
The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

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