Peter Brook's The Mahabharata (1989 film): Full version 5.5hrs

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The Mahabharata is a 1989 film version of the Hindu epic Mahabharata directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years. This version is under 6 hours which was made for television (TV mini series). The screenplay was the result of eight years' work by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière and Marie-Hélène Estienne.

In general terms, the story involves epic incidents between two warring families, the Pandavas (representing the good side) and the Kauravas (representing the bad side). Both sides, being the offspring of kings and gods, fight for dominion. They have both been advised by the god Krishna to live in harmony and abstain from the bloody lust for power. Yet their fights come to threaten the very order of the Universe. The plot is framed by a dialogue between the Brahmin sage Vyasa and the Hindu deity Ganesha, and directed towards an unnamed Indian boy who comes to him inquiring about the story of the human race.

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In ancient India the five Pandava brothers, Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, are cousins of the sons of king Dhritharashtra, known as the Kaurava. The five are the sons of the wives of king Pandu, who seceded in favor of his blind brother after he was cursed. The men are raised together, but from the beginning there are difficulties. They are prone to fight and when Arjuna becomes a great archer, the Kaurava are both jealous and afraid. Is it the kingdom the Pandava are after? Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava, strives after it as he is told by the deity Krishna that he will become king. The hatred and jealousy of the Kaurava grows even stronger when the Pandava turn a barren wasteland Dhritharashtra gave them into a great court. This can't go on forever. Inevitably a war will follow, a war that will shake the foundations of the Earth.

Directed by Peter Brook
Written by Peter Brook
Music by Toshi Tsuchitori, Rabindranath Tagore
Cinematography William Lubtchansky
Release date
1989
Running time
318 minutes

Cast:
Robert Langdon Lloyd as Vyasa
Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan as Boy
Bruce Myers as Ganesha/Krishna
Vittorio Mezzogiorno as Arjuna
Andrzej Seweryn as Yudhishthira
Mamadou Dioumé as Bhima
Georges Corraface as Duryodhana
Jean-Paul Denizon as Nakula
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh as Sahadeva
Mallika Sarabhai as Draupadi
Miriam Goldschmidt as Kunti
Ryszard Cieslak as Dhritarashtra
Hélène Patarot as Gandhari
Myriam Tadesse as Gandhari's servant
Urs Bihler as Dushasana
Lou Elias Bihler as Young Karna
Jeffrey Kissoon as Karna
Maurice Bénichou as Kitchaka
Yoshi Oida as Drona
Sotigui Kouyaté as Parashurama / Bhishma
Tuncel Kurtiz as Shakuni
Ciarán Hinds as Ashwatthama
Erika Alexander as Madri / Hidimbi
Bakary Sangaré as The Sun / Rakshasa / Ghatotkacha
Tapa Sudana as Pandu/Shiva
Akram Khan as Ekalavya
Nolan Hemmings as Abhimanyu
Hapsari Hardjito as Utari (Abhimanyu's wife)
Mas Soegeng as Virata
Yumi Nara as Virata's wife
Amba Bihler as Virata's daughter
Tamsir Niane as Urvasi
Lutfi Jakfar as Uttara
Gisèle Hogard as 1st princess
Julie Romanus as 2nd princess
Abbi Patricx as Salvi
Ken Higelin as Deathless boy
Corinne Jaber as Amba / Sikhandin
Joseph Kurian as Dhristadyumna
Clément Masdongar as Gazelle
Leela Mayor as Satyavati
Velu Vishwananan as The hermit

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Peter Brook's The Mahabharata (1989 film): Full version 5.5hrs