3 hours 11 minute watched, every second was worth it

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2018)

What comes to your mind first when you think about Indians? Probably that Indians invented Curry and that their cows are holy.
But do you know about Gandhi and Indian History? The movie "Gandhi" gives a very good insight into the life of Mahatma Gandhi and India.
"Gandhi" was directed and produced by Richard Attenborough in 1982. The action takes place in India and begins with a scene which shows Gandhi´s assassination. After his death his funreal is shown, where a lot of people took part in.
Then, there is a lapse in time to Gandhi´s youth. In South Africa Gandhi belong to the Indian Congress Party, due to his actions the viewer gets a first impression about his character.
His philosophy that everyone is equal, no matter which religion or country they belong to, is presented during his time in the Indian Congress Party of South Africa.
He gives a speech in front of a lot of people where he shares his philosophy of non-violent protest. In my opinion the movie very well shows how Gandhi developed his philosophy of protest and bringing people together.
Due to his first non-violent protest in South Africa British arrest him shortly after, he is released and goes back to India by ship, where he is welcomed very heartly. It shows that Indians respect him and agree with his philosophy.
In India Gandhi is sentenced to prison again but the director of the prison releases him. I must admit: I did not understand why he was imprisoned and why he was released again.
After that he introduced a new strategy of protest: the Indians should not use any means of transport that was controlled by the British. His strategy worked but he was arrested again and he had to stop, as some Indians were killed by the British.
While Gandhi was imprisoned, the British attacked a meeting of Indians and killed them. The Indians could not do anything and just ran around. A few days later the leader of the British army was interrogated and Gandhi visited the place where all those Indians were killed and was shocked. In my opinion they should have shown why Gandhi was released from prison again and how this led to the next scene.
In the next scene British, Indians and Gandhi gather to talk about the future of the British Raj. In this meeting Gandhi says that British will walk out of India. To my mind, this sentence shows Gandhi´s self-confidence.
However, some days later Indians go through the streets of a city with bearing torches and burned a British house and kill the British. After this, Gandhi thinks about quitting his role as a leader but the people around him convinc him not to do that. It can be said that Gandhi had hard time fighting for the independence of India.
Gandhi was sentenced to six years prison. As soon as he was released he did the "Salt March", which many Indians took part in and although many Indians got hit with sticks and some were arrested, the Indians were not violent.
This led to an invitation of Gandhi by the Viceroy, where they talked about the indenpendece of India.
In August 1947, the mounth of partition, India was divided into India and Pakistan. Along the border people were walking around and suddenly they started to fight.
In conclusion, I can say that the movie gives a detailed insight to the life of Gandhi and partition of India. However, I´m missing some details like why and how Gandhi got released from prison. All in all, it is a very good movie and shows Gandhi´s philosphy perfectly.