The Mahabharata
1990 · TV · 1 season · 3 episodes · NR
Overview
The Mahabharata is a 1989 film version of the Indian epic based on the history of India, Mahabharata directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years. In 1989, it was reduced to under 6 hours for television. Later it was also reduced to about 3 hours for theatrical and DVD release. The screenplay was the result of eight years' work by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière and Marie-Hélène Estienne. For the casting an international selection of actors was intentionally chosen, to show that the nature of the Indian epic is the story of all humanity.
Ratings
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6/10
Key crew
- Jean-Claude CarrièreWriter
- Marie-Hélène EstienneWriter
- Peter BrookWriter
- Peter BrookDirector
- Djamchid ChemiraniOriginal Music Composer
- Kim MenzerOriginal Music Composer
- Kudsi ErgunerOriginal Music Composer
- Mahmoud Tabrizi-ZadehOriginal Music Composer
- Toshi TsuchitoriOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Erika AlexanderMadri / Hidimbi
- Urs BihlerDushassana
- Ryszard CieślakDhritharashtra
- Georges CorrafaceDuryodhana
- Jean-Paul DenizonNakula
- Mamadou DiouméBhima
- Miriam GoldschmidtKunti
- Corinne JaberAmba / Sikhandin
- Jeffery KissoonKarna
- Sotigui KouyatéBhisma / Parashurama
- Robert Langdon LloydVyasa
- Vittorio MezzogiornoArjuna
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