Beddegama (film)
| Beddegama | |
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| Directed by | Lester James Peries |
| Written by | A.P. Gunarathne Lester James Peries |
| Story by | Leonard Woolf |
| Based on | The Village in the Jungle |
| Produced by | P. Wilfred Perera |
| Starring | Malini Fonseka Joe Abeywickrama Vijaya Kumaratunga |
| Cinematography | Willie Blake Donald Karunaratna |
| Edited by | Gladwin Fernando |
| Music by | Nimal Mendis |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala |
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.