Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (1961)

Passionnante et pertinente évocation, entre documentaire, film d'archives et épisodes romancés, de la vie du grand écrivain Rabindranath Tagore, prix Nobel de littérature.

Date de sortie
1961-07-21
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (11)
Durée
54 min
Genres
Documentaire, Histoire
Réalisateur
Satyajit Ray

Distribution

Anecdotes

Rabindranath Tagore is a 1961 Indian documentary film written and directed by Satyajit Ray about the life and works of Bengali author and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Ray started working on the documentary in early 1958. Shot in black-and-white, the finished film was released during the birth centenary year of Rabindranath Tagore, who was born on 7 May 1861. Ray avoided the controversial aspects of Tagore's life in order to make it as an official portrait of the poet.

Background

Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi, the youngest of thirteen surviving children. At the age of seventeen, he was sent to London for higher education, however, he did not finish his studies there. He started a school at Santiniketan which was based on Upanishadic ideals of education. He also participated in the Indian independence movement.

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