| The Mahabharata | |
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| Directed by | Peter Brook |
| Written by | Peter Brook Jean-Claude Carrière Marie-Hélène Estienne |
| Starring | Robert Langton-Lloyd Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan Bruce Myers Vittorio Mezzogiorno Andrzej Seweryn Georges Corraface |
| Cinematography | William Lubtchansky |
| Music by | Tsuchitori Toshiyuki Rabindranath Tagore |
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Running time | Film: 171 minutes TV Mini Series: 6 x 55 minutes |
| Country | U.K. / Japan / Denmark / France / Belgium / U.S.A. / Australia / Ireland / Iceland / Sweden / Portugal / Norway / Netherlands / Finland |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million |
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. In 1989, it was reduced to under 6 hours for television (TV mini series). 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.