The Mahabharata 34 years old

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.

Credits

Andrzej Seweryn as Yudhishthira

Yoshi Oida as Drona

Georges Corraface as Duryodhana

Vittorio Mezzogiorno as Arjuna

Sotigui Kouyaté as Bhishma, Parashurama

Tuncel Kurtiz as Shakuni

The Mahabharata Cast

Name	Character
Andrzej Seweryn He was 44, now 78 years old	as Yudhishthira
Yoshi Oida He was 56, now 90 years old	as Drona
Georges Corraface He was 37, now 71 years old	as Duryodhana
Vittorio Mezzogiorno He was 48, 52 years old when he died	as Arjuna
Sotigui Kouyaté He was 53, 73 years old when he died	as Bhishma, Parashurama
Tuncel Kurtiz He was 54, 77 years old when he died	as Shakuni
Robert Langdon Lloyd	as Vyasa
Miriam Goldschmidt She was 42, 70 years old when she died	as Kunti
Bruce Myers He was 37, now 71 years old	as Ganesha; Krishna

The Mahabharata Crew

Name	Department
William Lubtchansky as Director of Photography. He was 52 (72) years old when He died	Camera
Peter Brook as Director. He was 65 (now 99) years old	Directing
Peter Brook as Writer. He was 65 (now 99) years old	Writing

The Mahabharata (34 years)

Release day: Wednesday, January 24, 1990
Runtime: 318 minutes