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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.
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Peter Brook

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Vittorio Mezzogiorno profile
Vittorio Mezzogiorno

Arjuna

Bruce Myers profile
Bruce Myers

Ganesha; Krishna

Miriam Goldschmidt profile
Miriam Goldschmidt

Kunti

Robert Langdon Lloyd profile
Robert Langdon Lloyd

Vyasa

Andrzej Seweryn profile
Andrzej Seweryn

Yudhishthira

Yoshi Oida profile
Yoshi Oida

Drona

Tuncel Kurtiz profile
Tuncel Kurtiz

Shakuni

Georges Corraface profile
Georges Corraface

Duryodhana

Sotigui Kouyaté profile
Sotigui Kouyaté

Bhishma, Parashurama

Vittorio Mezzogiorno profile
Vittorio Mezzogiorno

Arjuna

Bruce Myers profile
Bruce Myers

Ganesha; Krishna

Miriam Goldschmidt profile
Miriam Goldschmidt

Kunti

Robert Langdon Lloyd profile
Robert Langdon Lloyd

Vyasa

Andrzej Seweryn profile
Andrzej Seweryn

Yudhishthira

Yoshi Oida profile
Yoshi Oida

Drona

Tuncel Kurtiz profile
Tuncel Kurtiz

Shakuni

Georges Corraface profile
Georges Corraface

Duryodhana

Sotigui Kouyaté profile
Sotigui Kouyaté

Bhishma, Parashurama

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Release Date

January 24, 1990

Original Language

Hungarian, English

Budget

$0.00

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MP Productions logoChannel 4 Television logoThe Brooklyn Academy of Music logo

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