The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata
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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Jeffery Kissoon
as Karna
Bakary Sangaré
as The Sun / Rakshasa / Ghatotkatcha
Tuncel Kurtiz
as Shakuni
Hélène Patarot
as Gandhari
Andrzej Seweryn
as Yudhishthira
Erika Alexander
as Madri / Hidimbi
Bruce Myers
as Ganesha / Krishna
Ryszard Cieślak
as Dhritharashtra
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
as Arjuna
Urs Bihler
as Dushassana
Jean-Paul Denizon
as Nakula
Tapa Sudana
as Pandu / Shiva / Salya
Mallika Sarabhai
as Draupadi
Mamadou Dioumé
as Bhima
Miriam Goldschmidt
as Kunti
Sotigui Kouyaté
as Bhishma
Robert Langdon Lloyd
as Vyasa
Yoshi Oida
as Drona
Georges Corraface
as Duryodhana
Corinne Jaber
as Amba / Sikhandin
