The Mahabharata 1990
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The Mahabharata is a 1989 film version of the Indian epic based on the history of India, Mahabharata directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years. In 1989, it was reduced to under 6 hours for television. Later it was also reduced to about 3 hours for theatrical and DVD release. The screenplay was the result of eight years' work by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière and Marie-Hélène Estienne. For the casting an international selection of actors was intentionally chosen, to show that the nature of the Indian epic is the story of all humanity.
- Released: 1990-03-10
- Runtime: 270 minutes
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- Stars: Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan, Bruce Myers, Vittorio Mezzogiorno
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