Plot
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.
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Cast
Erika Alexander
Madri / Hidimbi
Lou Bihler
Young Karna
Urs Bihler
Dushassana
Ryszard Cieślak
Dhritharashtra
Georges Corraface
Duryodhana
Jean-Paul Denizon
Nakula
Mamadou Dioumé
Bhima
Miriam Goldschmidt
Kunti
Hapsari Hardjito
Abhimanyu's wife
Ken Higelin
Deathless boy
Corinne Jaber
Amba / Sikhandin
Jeffery Kissoon
Karna
Sotigui Kouyaté
Bhishma
Joseph Kurian
Dhristadyumna
Tuncel Kurtiz
Shakuni
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Vyasa
Clément Masdongar
Gazelle
Leela Mayor
Satyavati
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Arjuna
Bruce Myers
Ganesha / Krishna
Yoshi Oida
Drona
Hélène Patarot
Gandhari
Bakary Sangaré
The Sun / Rakshasa / Ghatotkatcha
Mallika Sarabhai
Draupadi
Andrzej Seweryn
Yudhishthira
Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan
The Boy
Tapa Sudana
Pandu / Shiva / Salya
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh
Sahadeva
Myriam Tadesse
Gandhari's servant
Velu Vishwanadhan
The Hermit
