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