cast
- Ben Kingsley
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Candice Bergen
- Margaret Bourke-White
- Edward Fox
- Gen. Dyer
- John Gielgud
- Lord Irwin
- Trevor Howard
- Judge Broomfield
- John Mills
- Lord Chelmsford
- Martin Sheen
- Walker
- Rohini Hattangady
- Kasturba Gandhi
- Ian Charleson
- Charlie Andrews
- Athol Fugard
- Gen. Smuts
- Saeed Jaffrey
- Sardar Patel
- Geraldine James
- Mirabehn
- Alyque Padamsee
- Mohamed Ali Jinnah
- Amrish Puri
- Khan
- Roshan Seth
- Pandit Nehru
- Ian Bannen
- Senior Police Officer
- Michael Bryant
- Principal Secretary
- John Clements
- Advocate General
- Richard Griffiths
- Collins
- Nigel Hawthorne
- Kinnoch
- Bernard Hepton
- G.O.C.
- Michael Hordern
- Sir George Hodge
- Peter Harlowe
- Lord Mountbatten
- Jane Myerson
- Lady Mountbatten
- Bernard Horsfall
- Gen. Edgar
- John Vine
- A.D.C.
- Avis Bunnage
- Colin's Mother
- William Hoyland
- Adjutant
- Rupert Frazer
- Cavalry Troop Leader
- Jon Croft
- Colonel
- Nana Palsikar
- Villager
- John Boxer
- Court Reporter
- Winston Ntshona
- Porter
- Graham Seed
- Wicket-Keeper
- Jalal Agha
- Traveller on Train Roof
- Bernard Hill
- Sergeant Putnam
- Brian Oulton
- Clerk of Court
- Ray Burdis
- Youth
- Geoffrey Chater
- Government Advocate
- Dalip Tahil
- Zia
- Barry John
- Police Superintendant
- Supriya Pathak
- Manu
- Richard Leech
- Brigadier
- James Snell
- Court Reporter
- Neena Gupta
- Abha
- Daniel Peacock
- Youth
- Harsh Nayyar
- Nathuran Vinayak Godse
- Günther Maria Halmer
- Herman Kallenbach
- Stanley Lebor
- Police Officer
- Jack McKenzie
- Major at Aga Khan Palace
- Norman Chancer
- Reporter
- David Markham
- Older Englishman
- Richard Mayes
- Baker
- Om Puri
- Nahari
- Shane Rimmer
- Commentator
- James Cossins
- Brigadier
- John Ratzenberger
- American Lieutenant
- John Quentin
- Batsman
- Ken Hutchison
- Police Sergeant
- Gerald Sim
- Magistrate
- Terence Hardiman
- Ramsey MacDonald
- Gareth Forwood
- Secretary
- Marius Weyers
- Conductor
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Colin
- David Sibley
- Subaltern
- Stanley McGeagh
- Prison Guard
- David Gant
- Daniels
- Stewart Harwood
- Prison Officer
- Richard Vernon
- Sir Edward Gait
- Ernest Clark
- Lord Hunter
- John Savident
- Manager of the Mine
- Christopher Good
- Young Englishman
- Charu Bala Chokshi
- Ayah
- Colin Farrell
- Clerk
- Dominic Guard
- Subaltern
- Peter Cartwright
- European Passenger
crew
- Richard Attenborough
- Director, Producer
- Michael Stanley-Evans
- Producer, Executive Producer
- Terence A. Clegg
- Producer
- John Briley
- Screenwriter
- Robert Bolt
- Screenwriter
- Billy Williams
- Cinematographer
- Ronnie Taylor
- Cinematographer
- Ravi Shankar
- Composer (Music Score)
- John Bloom
- Editor
- Robert Laing
- Production Designer
- Stuart Craig
- Production Designer
- Bob Laing
- Art Director
- Norman Dorme
- Art Director
- Ram Yedekar
- Art Director
- Rani Dube
- Co-producer
- Michael Seirton
- Set Designer
- Bhanu Athaiya
- Costume Designer
- John Mollo
- Costume Designer
- Robin O'Donoghue
- Sound/Sound Designer
- Simon Kaye
- Sound/Sound Designer
- David Hathaway
- Special Effects
- David Tomblin
- First Assistant Director
- Govind Nihalani
- Camera Operator, Second Unit Director
- A.K. Bir
- First Assistant Camera
- George Fenton
- Additional Music
- Jonathan Bates
- Sound Editor
