Distant Thunder Movie Review 1973

A bitter, unrelenting portrait of a small Bengali neighborhood as the severe famines of 1942, brought about by the "distant thunder" of WWII, take their toll. A mature achievement from Ray; in Bengali with English subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 92 minutes.
Originally from Indian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Homeless, World War II, India

Screenplay

Satyajit Ray

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, Babita, Gobinda Chakravarty, Romesh Mukerji

Cinematography

Soumendu Roy

Director

Satyajit Ray

Music

Satyajit Ray

Producer

Epic Films Private

Awards

Berlin Intl. Film Fest. 1973: Golden Berlin Bear.