The Mahabharata (1989)
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 (TV mini series). 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.
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Cast:
- Erika Alexander
- Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan
- Bakary Sangaré
- Amba Bihler
- Lou Bihler
- Urs Bihler
- Ciarán Hinds
- Ryszard Cieslak
- Clément Masdongar
- Georges Corraface
- Jean-Paul Denizon
- Gisèle Hogard
- Miriam Goldschmidt
- Hapsari Hardjito
- Hélène Patarot
- Nolan Hemmings
- Ken Higelin
- Corinne Jaber
- Lutfi Jakfar
- Akram Khan
- Jeffrey Kissoon
- Joseph Kurian
- Tuncel Kurtiz
- Robert Langton-Lloyd
- Robert Langdon Lloyd
- Mamadou Dioumé
- Maurice Bénichou
- Leela Mayor
- Vittorio Mezzogiorno
- Bruce Myers
- Yumi Nara
- Tamsir Niane
- Yoshi Oida
- Abbi Patricx
- Julie Romanus
- Mallika Sarabhai
- Andrzej Seweryn
- Mas Soegeng
- Sotigui Kouyaté
- Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan
- Tapa Sudana
- Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh
- Myriam Tadesse
- Velu Vishwananan