Village in the Jungle

Village in the Jungle

Village in the Jungle

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Village in the Jungle

1980

2h 10m

5.8(5 votes)

Drama

Overview

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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13 members

Acting

Joe Abeywickrama

Silindu

Joe Abeywickrama

Acting

Malini Fonseka

Punchi Menika

Malini Fonseka

Acting

Nadika Gunasekera

Hinnihamy

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Acting

David Dharmakithri

Mudalithana

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Acting

Trelicia Gunawardena

Silindu's Sister

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Acting

Henry Jayasena

Village Headsman

Henry Jayasena

Acting

Vijaya Kumaratunga

Babun

Vijaya Kumaratunga

Acting

D.R. Nanayakkara

Exorcist

D.R. Nanayakkara

Acting

Asoka Peiris

Mr. Perera

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Acting

Tony Ranasinghe

Fernando

Tony Ranasinghe

Acting

Vincent Vaas

Priest

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Acting

Wijerathna Warakagoda

Unknown Role

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Nawanandana Wijesinghe

Lawyer

Nawanandana Wijesinghe

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