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6.9/10

The Mahabharata (1990)

NR | 2 Hours 53 Minutes

Drama, War

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.

Director: Peter Brook

Writers: Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière, Marie Hélène Estienne

The Cast

Vittorio Mezzogiorno

Arjuna

Bruce Myers

Ganesha; Krishna

Miriam Goldschmidt

Kunti

Robert Langdon Lloyd

Vyasa

Andrzej Seweryn

Yudhishthira

Yoshi Oida

Drona

Tuncel Kurtiz

Shakuni

Georges Corraface

Duryodhana

Sotigui Kouyaté

Bhishma, Parashurama

Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan

Boy

Bruce Myers

Ganesha/Krishna

Mamadou Dioumé

Bhima

Jean-Paul Denizon

Nakula

Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh

Sahadeva

Mallika Sarabhai

Draupadi

Ryszard Cieślak

Dhritarashtra

Hélène Patarot

Gandhari

Myriam Tadesse

Gandhari's servant

Urs Bihler

Dushasana

Jeffery Kissoon

Karna

Maurice Bénichou

Kitchaka

Sotigui Kouyaté

Parashurama / Bhishma

Ciarán Hinds

Ashwatthaman

Erika Alexander

Madri / Hidimbi

Bakary Sangaré

Kindama / The Sun / Rakshasa / Ghatotkacha

Tapa Sudana

Pandu / Shiva / Salya

Akram Khan

Ekalavya

Nolan Hemmings

Abhimanyu

Julie Romanus

Princess

Ken Higelin

Deathless boy

Corinne Jaber

Amba / Sikhandin

Velu Vishwanadhan

The hermit

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