The Sword and the Flute (1959)
1959 · Short film · 24 min · dir. James Ivory
- Documentary
Synopsis
Visual images consist entirely of Indian miniature paintings, while an off-screen narrator traces the rise of this art form within the courts of Akbar (1542-1605), who united what is now India and Pakistan, and his son Jahangir (1569-1627). Two schools of the miniature paintings, done by anonymous artists, flourished after Akbar established unity and peace across what had been many smaller states: the Moghul (Islamic) school and the Rajput (Hindu) school. The Moghul paintings record the events…
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Details
- Director
- James Ivory
- Writer
- James Ivory
- Studio
- Merchant Ivory Productions
- Released
- 1959-01-01
- Running time
- 24 minutes
Cast & crew
James Ivory Director
Saeed Jaffrey
