I think that of all 20th century statesman Charles DeGaulle would have understood Jinnah best. DeGaulle during the darkest days of World War II said that in his mind and body rested the honor of France, that rump minority group of Free French fighters whom he led who would not submit to an occupying territory. DeGaulle saw himself correctly and he would have seen Jinnah in the same way, fighting for the honor of his Moslem people for their right to a separate nation and a separate destiny which we call Pakistan.
It's now a time for Jinnah to receive his eternal destination after he died and Christopher Lee as Jinnah is with his heavenly host in the view of the afterlife Islam has. The film is a recollection of those last years with World War II, the British leaving India, and the partition that created India and Pakistan. Pakistan had an East and West part with the nation of India in between. That ultimately didn't work out and we now call East Pakistan the nation of Bangladesh. But that's a whole other film.
With Richard Lintern playing a younger Jinnah and showing incidents of Jinnah's personal life, Lee is the older Jinnah and the principal actors in the creation of Pakistan by way of the partition are James Fox as Lord Louis Mountbatten, Maria Aitken as Lady Edwina Mountbatten and Robert Ashby as Jawaralal Nehru. Nehru, India's first prime minister and Lady Mountbatten were a most discreet item and it's this film's contention that Nehru did a lot of back channel negotiation with Lady Mountbatten. They were as discreet as Tracy and Hepburn in their day.
Pakistan had a rough delivery at birth, but survived it. It was a violent birth and millions died during the fleeing of refugees from both new countries. It is this film's contention that Lord Mountbatten settled on untenable lines for the boundaries of the two countries and the possession of Kashmir is to this day a matter of contention.
Jinnah due to the controversy of having a western actor in the lead had its own controversial birth. But Lee and Lintern create a fine joint portrayal of Pakistan's founder and Jinnah is a fine film both entertaining and educational.
It's now a time for Jinnah to receive his eternal destination after he died and Christopher Lee as Jinnah is with his heavenly host in the view of the afterlife Islam has. The film is a recollection of those last years with World War II, the British leaving India, and the partition that created India and Pakistan. Pakistan had an East and West part with the nation of India in between. That ultimately didn't work out and we now call East Pakistan the nation of Bangladesh. But that's a whole other film.
With Richard Lintern playing a younger Jinnah and showing incidents of Jinnah's personal life, Lee is the older Jinnah and the principal actors in the creation of Pakistan by way of the partition are James Fox as Lord Louis Mountbatten, Maria Aitken as Lady Edwina Mountbatten and Robert Ashby as Jawaralal Nehru. Nehru, India's first prime minister and Lady Mountbatten were a most discreet item and it's this film's contention that Nehru did a lot of back channel negotiation with Lady Mountbatten. They were as discreet as Tracy and Hepburn in their day.
Pakistan had a rough delivery at birth, but survived it. It was a violent birth and millions died during the fleeing of refugees from both new countries. It is this film's contention that Lord Mountbatten settled on untenable lines for the boundaries of the two countries and the possession of Kashmir is to this day a matter of contention.
Jinnah due to the controversy of having a western actor in the lead had its own controversial birth. But Lee and Lintern create a fine joint portrayal of Pakistan's founder and Jinnah is a fine film both entertaining and educational.