--- title: 'Victoria and Abdul (2017)' type: 'film' director: 'Stephen Frears' released: '2017-09-21' runtime_minutes: 112 certification: 'PG-13' genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/victoria-and-abdul-2017' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5816682/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Victoria and Abdul (2017) 2017 · PG-13 · 112 min · Drama, History · United Kingdom, United States ## Synopsis Victoria & Abdul is a 2017 biographical historical drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Lee Hall. The film is based on the book Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant by Shrabani Basu, about the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her Indian Muslim servant Abdul Karim. It stars Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Michael Gambon, Eddie Izzard, Tim Pigott-Smith, and Adeel Akhtar. The film had its world premiere at the 74th Venice Film Festival and was theatrically released on 15 September 2017 in the United Kingdom. It grossed $66.6 million worldwide. ## Credits - **Director:** [Stephen Frears](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-frears) - **Screenplay:** [Lee Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-hall) - **Original Music Composer:** [Thomas Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-newman) - **Producer:** [Tim Bevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-bevan) - **Director of Photography:** [Danny Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-cohen) - **Editor:** [Melanie Oliver](https://cinepixo.com/people/melanie-oliver) ## Cast - [Simon Paisley Day](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-paisley-day) as John W. Tyler - [Robin Soans](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-soans) as Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham - [Sophie Trott](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-trott) as Sophia of Prussia - [Judi Dench](https://cinepixo.com/people/judi-dench) as Victoria - [Amani Zardoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/amani-zardoe) as Princess Helena of the United Kingdom - [Penny Ryder](https://cinepixo.com/people/penny-ryder) as Princess Sophie of the Netherlands - [Tim McMullan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-mcmullan) as Tailor - [Michael Gambon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gambon) as Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury - [Julian Wadham](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-wadham) as Alick Yorke - [Simon Callow](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-callow) as Giacomo Puccini - [Olivia Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivia-williams) as Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill - [Joe Caffrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-caffrey) as Sous Chef - [Tim Pigott-Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-pigott-smith) as Henry Ponsonby - [Ali Fazal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ali-fazal) as Abdul Karim - [Paul Higgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-higgins) as Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.focusfeatures.com/victoriaandabdul Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/victoria-and-abdul-2017 Film facts: Wikidata (Q27701609); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.