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Village in the Jungle (1980)

2h 10m

Running Time

Village in the Jungle (1980)

Name: Village in the Jungle
Genre: Drama
Released: 1980-01-01

2h 10m

Running Time

Plot.

Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka. The film is based on the 1913 book titled as "The Village in the Jungle" by Leonard Woolf.

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Cast & Crew.

Joe Abeywickrama

Silindu

Malini Fonseka

Punchi Menika

Arthur C. Clarke

Leonard Woolf

Nadika Gunasekera

Hinnihamy

David Dharmakithri

Mudalithana

Trelicia Gunawardena

Silindu's Sister

Henry Jayasena

Village Headsman

Vijaya Kumaratunga

Babun

D.R. Nanayakkara

Exorcist

Asoka Peiris

Mr. Perera

Tony Ranasinghe

Fernando

Vincent Vaas

Priest

Nawanandana Wijesinghe

Lawyer

Leonard Woolf

Novel

Lester James Peries

Writer / Director

A.J. Gunawarda

Writer

Willie Blake

Director of Photography

Dharmasena Hemapala

ProductionDesigner

Wijerathna Warakagoda

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1980

Original Name
බද්දේගම

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 10m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

Beddegama (The Village in the Jungle) is a 1980 Sinhala drama film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka. The film is based on the 1913 book The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf. Sir Arthur C. Clarke also has a minor role in the film as an English Judge.