The Philosopher's Stone

“The Philosopher's Stone.”

6.8

1958

1h 51m

ComedyFantasy

An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a stone that changes iron to gold on touch. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.

Key Crew

Director

Satyajit Ray

Producers

Promod Lahiri

Writers

Satyajit Ray

Cinematography

Subrata Mitra

Music

Satyajit Ray

Cast (21)

Tulsi Chakraborty

Paresh Chandra Dutta

Kali Bannerjee

Priyotosh Henry Biswas

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