Autobiography of a Princess

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Autobiography of a Princess ★★ 1975

A brief character study shot by Merchant-Ivory in six days. An East Indian princess, living in self-enforced exile in London, invites her father's former tutor to tea. They watch old movie footage of royal India together and dream of a happier past. 59m/C VHS . James Mason, Madhur Jaffrey; D: James Ivory; W: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

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