The Mahabharata
- Released on
- Runtime
- 318 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Vittorio Mezzogiorno
- Bruce Myers
- Miriam Goldschmidt
- Robert Langdon Lloyd
- Andrzej Seweryn
- Yoshi Oida
- Tuncel Kurtiz
- Georges Corraface
- Sotigui Kouyaté
- Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan
- Bruce Myers
- Mamadou Dioumé
- Jean-Paul Denizon
- Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh
- Mallika Sarabhai
- Ryszard Cieślak
- Hélène Patarot
- Myriam Tadesse
- Urs Bihler
- Jeffery Kissoon
- Maurice Bénichou
- Sotigui Kouyaté
- Ciarán Hinds
- Erika Alexander
- Bakary Sangaré
- Tapa Sudana
- Akram Khan
- Nolan Hemmings
- Julie Romanus
- Ken Higelin
- Corinne Jaber
- Velu Vishwanadhan
Director
- Peter Brook
Producers
- Michel Propper