The Mahabharata (1990)

Ended | 1990-03-10 | | 270m | 6/10

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.

Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh (Sahadeva) | Robert Langdon Lloyd (Vyasa) | Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan (Boy) | Bruce Myers (Ganesha/Krishna) | Vittorio Mezzogiorno (Arjuna) | Andrzej Seweryn (Yudhishthira) | Mamadou Dioumé (Bhima) | Georges Corraface (Duryodhana) | Jean-Paul Denizon (Nakula) |