Movie Description
The Mahabharata
(1990)Overview
One of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production from acclaimed theater and film innovator Peter Brook. This collection of ancient Sanskrit stories (composed into the longest book ever written) comprises a series of enlightened fables at the heart of countless beliefs, legends, and teachings; indeed, its very title means "the great story of mankind." Brook and writer Jean-Claude Carriere worked for eight years to develop this epic concerning two sides of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, whose struggle leads to a fascinating voyage of emotions, passion and vision of glory. Briefly, the Mahabharata is a tale of two rival sets of brothers, cousins to eachother, each born into royalty and with divinely guided paths in life. The result, however, is a great war, death, destruction - a vast epic.
Featured Crew
- Director : Peter Brook
- Producer : Michel Propper
- Writer : Peter Brook,Jean-Claude Carrière,Marie-Hélène Estienne
- Editor : Nicolas Gaster
- Cast : Erika Alexander,Lou Bihler,Urs Bihler,Ryszard Cieślak,Georges Corraface,Jean-Paul Denizon,Mamadou Dioumé,Miriam Goldschmidt,Hapsari Hardjito,Ken Higelin,Corinne Jaber,Jeffery Kissoon,Sotigui Kouyaté,Joseph Kurian,Tuncel Kurtiz,Robert Langdon Lloyd,Clément Masdongar,Leela Mayor,Vittorio Mezzogiorno,Bruce Myers,Yoshi Oida,Hélène Patarot,Bakary Sangaré,Mallika Sarabhai,Andrzej Seweryn,Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan,Tapa Sudana,Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh,Myriam Tadesse,Velu Vishwanadhan
Cast
Madri / Hidimbi
Young Karna
Dushassana
Dhritharashtra
Duryodhana
Nakula
Bhima
Kunti
Abhimanyu's wife
Deathless boy
Amba / Sikhandin
Karna
Bhishma
Dhristadyumna
Shakuni
Vyasa
Gazelle
Satyavati
Arjuna
Ganesha / Krishna
Drona
Gandhari
The Sun / Rakshasa / Ghatotkatcha
Draupadi
Yudhishthira
The Boy
Pandu / Shiva / Salya
Sahadeva
Gandhari's servant
The Hermit
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Facts
Original TitleThe Mahabharata
Status Released
Release Information
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1990-01-24
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 53m
Production CompaniesMP Productions,Channel 4 Television,The Brooklyn Academy of Music,Les Productions du 3ème Etage
Genres
- Drama
- War
