“History's most unlikely friendship.”
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Judi Dench
Queen Victoria
Ali Fazal
Abdul Karim
Tim Pigott-Smith
Sir Henry Ponsonby
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
Victoria & Abdul is a drama, history film released in 2017 exploring themes of based on novel or book, biography, based on true story, 19th century, british monarchy. Directed by Stephen Frears, it stars Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith. Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
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