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The Mahabharata (1990)

★ 7.1/10 173 min Drama, War Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States English
Director: Peter Brook
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Erika Alexander
Erika Alexander Madri / Hidimbi
Lou Bihler Young Karna
Urs Bihler
Urs Bihler Dushassana
Ryszard Cieślak
Ryszard Cieślak Dhritharashtra
Georges Corraface
Georges Corraface Duryodhana
Jean-Paul Denizon
Jean-Paul Denizon Nakula
Mamadou Dioumé
Mamadou Dioumé Bhima
Miriam Goldschmidt
Miriam Goldschmidt Kunti

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