The Mahabharata - 3-DVD Boxset

The Mahabharata - 3-DVD Boxset (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
German ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
542 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1989 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
France ( France, Benelux )
Iceland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Ireland ( Great Britain, Ireland )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )
Norway ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Peter Brook

Written By:
Jean-Claude Carrière
Peter Brook

Actors:
Erika Alexander ..... Hidimbi / ... (3 episodes, 1990)
Maurice Bénichou ..... Kitchaka (3 episodes, 1990)
Amba Bihler ..... Virata's daughter (3 episodes, 1990)
Lou Bihler ..... Young Karna (3 episodes, 1990)
Urs Bihler ..... Dushassana (3 episodes, 1990)
Ryszard Cieslak ..... Dhritharashtra (3 episodes, 1990)
Georges Corraface ..... Duryodhana (3 episodes, 1990)
Jean-Paul Denizon ..... Nakula (3 episodes, 1990)
Mamadou Dioumé ..... Bhima (3 episodes, 1990)
Miriam Goldschmidt ..... Kunti (3 episodes, 1990)
Hapsari Hardjito ..... Abhimanyu's wife (3 episodes, 1990)
Nolan Hemmings ..... Abhimanyu (3 episodes, 1990)
Ken Higelin ..... Deathless boy (3 episodes, 1990)
Ciarán Hinds ..... Ashwattaman (3 episodes, 1990)
Gisèle Hogard ..... 1st princess (3 episodes, 1990)
Corinne Jaber ..... Amba / ... (3 episodes, 1990)
Lutfi Jakfar ..... Uttara (3 episodes, 1990)
Akram Khan ..... Ekalavya (3 episodes, 1990)
Jeffery Kissoon ..... Karna (3 episodes, 1990)
Sotigui Kouyaté ..... Bhisma (3 episodes, 1990)
Joseph Kurian ..... Drishtadyumna (3 episodes, 1990)
Tuncel Kurtiz ..... Shakuni (3 episodes, 1990)
Robert Langdon Lloyd ..... Vyasa (3 episodes, 1990)
Clement Masdongar ..... Gazelle (3 episodes, 1990)
Leela Mayor ..... Satyavati (3 episodes, 1990)
Vittorio Mezzogiorno ..... Arjuna (3 episodes, 1990)
Bruce Myers ..... Ganesha / ... (3 episodes, 1990)
Yumi Nara ..... Virata's wife (3 episodes, 1990)
Tamsir Niane ..... Urvasi (3 episodes, 1990)
Yoshi Oida ..... Drona (3 episodes, 1990)
Hélène Patarot ..... Gandhari (3 episodes, 1990)
Abbi Patrix ..... Salvi (3 episodes, 1990)
Julie Romanus ..... 2nd princess (3 episodes, 1990)
Bakary Sangaré ..... Ghatotkatcha / ... (3 episodes, 1990)
Mallika Sarabhai ..... Draupadi (3 episodes, 1990)
Andrzej Seweryn ..... Yudhishthira (3 episodes, 1990)
Mas Soegeng ..... Virata (3 episodes, 1990)
Antonin Stahly Viswanadhan ..... The Boy (3 episodes, 1990)
Tapa Sudana ..... Pandu / ... (3 episodes, 1990)
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh ..... Sahadeva (3 episodes, 1990)
Myriam Tadesse ..... Gandhari's servant (3 episodes, 1990)
Velu Vishwananan ..... The hermit (3 episodes, 1990)

Synopsis:

In ancient India the five Pandava brothers, Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, are cousins of the sons of king Dhritharashtra, known as the Kaurava. The five are the sons of the wives of king Pandu, who seceded in favor of his blind brother after he was cursed. The men are raised together, but from the beginning there are difficulties. They are prone to fight and when Arjuna becomes a great archer, the Kaurava are both jealous and afraid. Is it the kingdom the Pandava are after? Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava, strives after it as he is told by the deity Krishna that he will become king. The hatred and jealousy of the Kaurava grows even stronger when the Pandava turn a barren wasteland Dhritharashtra gave them into a great court. This can't go on forever. Inevitably a war will follow, a war that will shake the foundations of the Earth.

Season 1
Game of Dice S1, Ep1 10 Mar. 1990
The poet Vyasa tells a boy the story of his race, a story that leads to the birth of king Dhritharashtra and former king Pandu. Their children are raised together, but it is clear they don't really like each other.
Exile in the Forest S1, Ep2 17 Mar. 1990
The dice are cast and now the Pandava's face a long exile. Yudhishthira feels bound by his promise and waits. Arjuna leaves to look for weapons. Meanwhile Dushassana gets some disturbing dreams and urges Duryodhana to strike immediately.
War S1, Ep3 24 Mar. 1990
The war has started and so far things have not been going well for the Pandava's. Bhisma is invincible and as long as he is alive there will be no victory. Torn by his feeling for both sides, Bhisma seeks a solution.

Jealousy and hatred is what separates the Pandava and Kaurava. The Kaurava fear the Pandava are after the throne of their father. Yudhishthira of the Pandava gets told by the deity Krishna that he will become king. A war is inevitable.

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