The Cloud-Capped Star

Poverty Row melodrama, if directed by early Fassbinder. A woman shoulders every burden for her family of refugees. Ghatak lays bare the familial resentments that fester when survival is all.

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Ritwik Ghatak directed The Cloud-Capped Star in 1960. See Ritwik Ghatak's full filmography, where to start with Ritwik Ghatak, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ritwik Ghatak.

The Cloud-Capped Star was released in 1960 (BN original-language production), with a runtime of 127 minutes.