Autobiography of a Princess

On the birthday of her late father, a deposed Maharaja, a displaced Indian princess living in London and his former private secretary watch home movies and reminisce about royal India.

Cast

James Mason

as Cyril Sahib

Madhur Jaffrey

as The Princess

Diane Fletcher

as Blackmailer

Timothy Bateson

as Blackmailer

Johnny Stuart

as Blackmailer

Nazrul Rahman

as Papa

Keith Varnier

as Delivery Man

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