Question: Sir Alec Guiness played Professor Godbole in a movie that was based on a novel by what author?

full_context: Document 1: A Passage to India (film): A Passage to India is a 1984 British period drama film written and directed by David Lean. The screenplay is based on the play of the same name by Santha Rama Rau, which was based on the novel of the same name by E.M. Forster.
Document 2: Ben Kingsley: Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor with a career spanning over 40 years. He has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He is known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film "Gandhi", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films "Schindler's List" (1993), "Twelfth Night" (1996), "Sexy Beast" (2000), "House of Sand and Fog" (2003), "Lucky Number Slevin" (2006), "Shutter Island" (2010), "" (2010), "Hugo" (2011), "Iron Man 3" (2013), "The Boxtrolls" (2014), and "The Jungle Book" (2016)
Document 3: Lagaan: Lagaan (English: "Taxation" ; also called "Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India") is a 2001 Indian epic sports-drama film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. Aamir Khan, who was also the producer, stars along with Gracy Singh; British actors Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne play the supporting roles. Made on a then-unprecedented budget of million () , the film was shot in an ancient village near Bhuj, India.
Document 4: Howards End (film): Howards End is a 1992 British romantic drama film based upon the novel of the same name by E. M. Forster (published in 1910), a story of class relations in turn-of-the-20th-century England. The film—produced by Merchant Ivory Productions as their third adaptation of a Forster novel (following "A Room with a View" in 1985 and "Maurice" in 1987)—was the first film to be released by Sony Pictures Classics. The screenplay was written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant.
Document 5: Alec Guinness: Sir Alec Guinness, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe, 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including "The Ladykillers" and "Kind Hearts and Coronets" in which he played nine different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in "Great Expectations" (1946), Fagin in "Oliver Twist" (1948), Col. Nicholson in "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), and Professor Godbole in "A Passage to India" (1984). He is also known for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original "Star Wars" trilogy, receiving a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Document 6: The Passionate Friends: The Passionate Friends is a 1949 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean. The film is based on "" by H. G. Wells. It describes a love triangle in which a woman cannot give up her affair with another man. The film was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.
Document 7: Waris Hussein: Waris Hussein (born 9 December 1938) is a British-Indian television director and film director best known for his many productions for British television, including "Doctor Who" and the "Play of the Month" version of "A Passage to India" (1965).
Document 8: Michael Caine: Sir Michael Caine {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr., 14 March 1933) is an English actor, producer, and author. Renowned for his distinctive working class cockney accent, Caine has appeared in over 115 films and is regarded as a British film icon.
Document 9: Laurence Olivier: Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he had considerable success in television roles.
Document 10: Kim (1984 film): Kim is a 1984 British television film directed by John Davies and based on Rudyard Kipling's novel "Kim". The film stars Peter O'Toole, Bryan Brown, John Rhys-Davies, Nadira, Julian Glover, Jalal Agha, Raj Kapoor and Ravi Sheth in the title role.
Document 11: Brief Encounter: Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean about British suburban life on the eve of World War 2, centering on Laura, a married woman with children, whose conventional life becomes increasingly complicated because of a chance meeting at a railway station with a stranger, Alec. They fall in love, bringing about unexpected consequences.
Document 12: David Niven: James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, memoirist and novelist. His many roles included Squadron Leader Peter Carter in "A Matter of Life and Death", Phileas Fogg in "Around the World in 80 Days", and Sir Charles Lytton ("the Phantom") in "The Pink Panther." He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "Separate Tables" (1958).
Document 13: Ian Holm: Sir Ian Holm CBE (born 12 September 1931) is an English actor known for his stage work and many film roles. He received the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in "The Homecoming" and the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role of "King Lear". He won the 1981 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in "Chariots of Fire", for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award.
Document 14: Patrick Stewart: Sir Patrick Stewart {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor whose career has included roles on stage, television, and film in a career spanning almost six decades. He is a multiple time Olivier, Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild and Saturn Award nominee.
Document 15: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (7 May 19273 April 2013) was a German-born British and American Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. She is perhaps best known for her long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of director James Ivory and the late producer Ismail Merchant.
ground_truth: E.M. Forster