---
title: 'Heat and Dust (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Ivory'
released: '1983-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 133
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/heat-and-dust-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084058/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Heat and Dust (1983)

1983 · 133 min · Drama, Romance · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Heat and Dust is a 1983 British historical romantic drama film, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on her novel, Heat and Dust (1975). It was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant. It stars Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor and Julie Christie.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Ivory](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-ivory)
- **Screenplay:** [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-prawer-jhabvala)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-robbins)
- **Producer:** [Ismail Merchant](https://cinepixo.com/people/ismail-merchant)
- **Director of Photography:** [Walter Lassally](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-lassally)
- **Editor:** [Humphrey Dixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/humphrey-dixon)

## Cast

- [Madhur Jaffrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/madhur-jaffrey)
- [Zakir Hussain](https://cinepixo.com/people/zakir-hussain)
- [Barry Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-foster)
- [Julian Glover](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-glover)
- [Christopher Cazenove](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-cazenove)
- [Julie Christie](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-christie)
- [Patrick Godfrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-godfrey)
- [Susan Fleetwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-fleetwood)
- [Shashi Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/shashi-kapoor)
- [Greta Scacchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/greta-scacchi)
- [Charles McCaughan](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-mccaughan)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/heat-and-dust-1983
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