Pather Panchali
Aug 26 1955
•2h 5m
•Drama
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1996.
Cast
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Subir Banerjee
Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray
Uma Das Gupta
Durga Ray
Karuna Banerjee
Sarbojaya Ray
Kanu Bannerjee
Harihar Ray
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