The Mahabharata [150523] Released: 1990-01-24 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 173 mins Popularity: 0.6085 Vote Average: 6.9 Vote Count: 17 Overview: 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. Cast [32] Vittorio MezzogiornoArjuna Bruce MyersGanesha; Krishna Miriam GoldschmidtKunti Robert Langdon LloydVyasa Andrzej SewerynYudhishthira Yoshi OidaDrona Tuncel KurtizShakuni Georges CorrafaceDuryodhana Sotigui KouyatéBhishma, Parashurama Antonin Stahly-VishwanadanBoy Bruce MyersGanesha/Krishna Mamadou DiouméBhima Jean-Paul DenizonNakula Mahmoud Tabrizi-ZadehSahadeva Mallika SarabhaiDraupadi Ryszard CieślakDhritarashtra Hélène PatarotGandhari Myriam TadesseGandhari's servant Urs BihlerDushasana Jeffery KissoonKarna Maurice BénichouKitchaka Sotigui KouyatéParashurama / Bhishm Ciarán HindsAshwatthaman Erika AlexanderMadri / Hidimbi Bakary SangaréKindama / The Sun / Tapa SudanaPandu / Shiva / Saly Akram KhanEkalavya Nolan HemmingsAbhimanyu Julie RomanusPrincess Ken HigelinDeathless boy Corinne JaberAmba / Sikhandin Velu VishwanadhanThe hermit Trailers