The Mahabharata

The Mahabharata (1990)


  • Genre: Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1990-01-24
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 17 ratings
  • Runtime: 5h 18min
  • Language: Magyar
  • Production Company: MP Productions
  • Production Country: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Director: Peter Brook
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Summary

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.

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  • Vittorio Mezzogiorno

    as Arjuna
  • Bruce Myers

    as Ganesha; Krishna
  • Miriam Goldschmidt

    as Kunti
  • Robert Langdon Lloyd

    as Vyasa
  • Andrzej Seweryn

    as Yudhishthira
  • Yoshi Oida

    as Drona
  • Tuncel Kurtiz

    as Shakuni
  • Georges Corraface

    as Duryodhana
  • Sotigui Kouyaté

    as Bhishma, Parashurama
  • Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan

    as Boy
  • Bruce Myers

    as Ganesha/Krishna
  • Mamadou Dioumé

    as Bhima
  • Jean-Paul Denizon

    as Nakula
  • Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh

    as Sahadeva
  • Mallika Sarabhai

    as Draupadi
  • Ryszard Cieślak

    as Dhritarashtra
  • Hélène Patarot

    as Gandhari
  • Myriam Tadesse

    as Gandhari's servant
  • Urs Bihler

    as Dushasana
  • Jeffery Kissoon

    as Karna
  • Maurice Bénichou

    as Kitchaka
  • Sotigui Kouyaté

    as Parashurama / Bhishma
  • Ciarán Hinds

    as Ashwatthaman
  • Erika Alexander

    as Madri / Hidimbi
  • Bakary Sangaré

    as Kindama / The Sun / Rakshasa / Ghatotkacha
  • Tapa Sudana

    as Pandu / Shiva / Salya
  • Akram Khan

    as Ekalavya
  • Nolan Hemmings

    as Abhimanyu
  • Julie Romanus

    as Princess
  • Ken Higelin

    as Deathless boy
  • Corinne Jaber

    as Amba / Sikhandin
  • Velu Vishwanadhan

    as The hermit
Directing Peter Brook Director
Editing Nicolas Gaster Editor
Sound Toshi Tsuchitori Original Music Composer
Editing Michèle Hollander Editor
Writing Peter Brook Writer
Writing Marie Hélène Estienne Writer
Production William Wilkinson Co-Producer
Production Edward Myerson Co-Producer
Writing Jean-Claude Carrière Writer
Production Micheline Rozan Co-Producer
Production Michel Propper Producer
Production Rachel Tabori Co-Producer
Camera William Lubtchansky Director of Photography

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