Key Scenes:

1. Assassination scene : Gandhy is shot by a fanatic Hindu, afterwards a massive funeral takes place

2. Train Scene : Gandhi gets thrown out of an South African train, because he travelled first class –> British lasw are against Indians

3. Non violent-protest scene: Gandhi protests for the rights of all Indians in South Africa

4. Ashram scene : Gandhi shows a reporter the ashram community, which is build up by people from different nations. (the ashram cummunity shows what Gandhi wants to achieve: Equality of all people and peaceful co-existence of all different religions)

5. Back in India: Gandhi is welcomed by a mass of Indians and and considered as a national saviour. He agrees to campaign for India’s Independence. He travels through India by train.

6. Gandhi visiting a farmer: Gandhi visits a poor and starving farmer, he is curious about getting to know India and its people better.

7. Prison scene: Charlie Andrews, Gandhi’s friend from South Africa, visits him.

8. Massacre scene: British army attacks Indians –> 160 000 casualties.

9. The fast scene: Gandhi fasts to stop the fights between the British and Indians.

10. Salt march scene: The Indians demonstrate at the salt works, it is a non-violent civil resistance

11. Gandhi in England: India’s independence is announced

12. Hindus and Muslims violences: the trouble in India is not over – nation-wide violence because of tensions between Hindus and Muslims

13. Assassination scene: the assassination of Gandhi mirros the opening and shows the viewer once again how tragic Gandhi’s death was and how the Indian people coped with it. The numerous participants at his funeral are a proof of the importance of Gandhi and his struggle for independence and freedom.