The Mahabharata (1989)

The Mahabharata (1989) (DVD) (*)

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

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
312 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
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:

The Mahabharata is at the very heart of Indian culture - in religion, myth and legend. One of the oldest stories in the world, and certainly considered the longest at over 100,000 stanzas, it has provided fertile ground for artists and their audiences since time immemorial. Long-time collaborators Peter Brook (director) and Jean-Claude Carrière (screenwriter) created the three separate plays that comprise this version of the epic, producing a globally successful nine-hour stage production, a three-hour TV version and this DVD release, as just over five hours. The central story is of the lifelong feud between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, two closely related regal families, but the many subplots, diversions, fables and legends turn this mythological epic into a story of and for all mankind,

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.

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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