The Mahabharata
24/01/1990
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.
Movie Information
Erika Alexander
as Madri / Hidimbi
Lou Bihler
as Young Karna
Urs Bihler
as Dushassana
Ryszard Cieślak
as Dhritharashtra
Georges Corraface
as Duryodhana
Jean-Paul Denizon
as Nakula
Mamadou Dioumé
as Bhima
Miriam Goldschmidt
as Kunti
Hapsari Hardjito
as Abhimanyu's wife
Ken Higelin
as Deathless boy
Corinne Jaber
as Amba / Sikhandin
Jeffery Kissoon
as Karna
Sotigui Kouyaté
as Bhishma
Joseph Kurian
as Dhristadyumna
Tuncel Kurtiz
as Shakuni
Robert Langdon Lloyd
as Vyasa
Clément Masdongar
as Gazelle
Leela Mayor
as Satyavati
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
as Arjuna
Bruce Myers
as Ganesha / Krishna
Yoshi Oida
as Drona
Hélène Patarot
as Gandhari
Bakary Sangaré
as The Sun / Rakshasa / Ghatotkatcha
Mallika Sarabhai
as Draupadi
Andrzej Seweryn
as Yudhishthira
Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan
as The Boy
Tapa Sudana
as Pandu / Shiva / Salya
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh
as Sahadeva
Myriam Tadesse
as Gandhari's servant
Velu Vishwanadhan
as The Hermit
