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The Mahabharata (1990) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 24, 1990

Original Title:
The Mahabharata

Genres:
Drama | War

Production Companies:
Channel 4 Television
Les Productions du 3ème Etage
MP Productions
The Brooklyn Academy of Music

Production Countries:
Australia | Belgium | Denmark | Finland | France | Iceland | Ireland | Japan | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Norway | Portugal | Sweden | United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 173

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Performers

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Production

ADR Editor:
Jacques Lévy

ADR Engineer:
Dominique Viellard

Assistant Camera:
Christophe Pollock
Philippe Le Nouvel
Sophie Charrière

Assistant Editor:
Catherine Buisson
Sophie Duvillier
Christelle Guyon

Assistant Hairdresser:
Françoise Fichette
Sandrine Masson

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Patricia Planche
Maryse Baar
Jérôme de Luca

Assistant Production Design:
Jean-Claude Sévenet
Brigitte Bosse Platière
Véronique Barnéoud
Pascal Chatton
Pierre Coutinet

Assistant Sound Editor:
François Gédigier
Catherine Constant
Nicolette Barr

Associate Editor:
Michèle Hollander

Best Boy Electric:
Richard Weber

Boom Operator:
Bertrand Come
Olivier Burgaud

Carpenter:
Thomas Pitre
Roger Chevalier
Donald Cooper
Christophe Doubliez
Jean-Claude Lloancy

Casting:
Marie-Hélène Estienne

Co-Producer:
Micheline Rozan
Rachel Tabori
William Wilkinson
Edward Myerson

Construction Manager:
Claude Facon
Georges Bouillette
Jean-Baptiste Reverdiau

Costume Assistant:
Pippa Cleator

Costume Design:
Chloe Obolensky

Dialogue Editor:
Camille Cotte
Louise de Champfleury

Director:
Peter Brook

Director of Photography:
William Lubtchansky

Draughtsman:
Denis Cavalli
Jean-Michel Simonet

Dresser:
Jo Kuhn
Chrissie Tucker
Magali Ohlmann
Tiziana Zuchetti
Anne-Claire Guilloteau
Isabelle Rivoal
Christiane Temme

Editor:
Nicolas Gaster

Electrician:
Patrick Allibert
Barry Peter Davis
Jean-Luc Revelart

Executive Producer:
Michael Kustow
Harvey Lichtenstein
Michael Birkett

Extras Casting Coordinator:
Shiromani Singh

Fight Choreographer:
Alain Maratrat
Joseph Kurian

First Assistant Director:
Marc Guilbert

Foley Artist:
Jérôme Lévy
François Lepeuple

Foley Recording Engineer:
Jack Jullian

Gaffer:
Jim Howe

Grip:
Jean-Michel Vincent
Dominique Wildenberg
Jean-Bernard Josko

Hair Supervisor:
Annie Hamon-Chrétien

Key Grip:
Guy-Auguste Boléat

Location Manager:
Jean-François Mallet

Loop Group Coordinator:
Philippe Samson
Jean-Louis Lebras

Makeup Supervisor:
Josée de Luca

Master at Arms:
Michel Martin

Music Producer:
Philippe Eidel

Original Music Composer:
Toshi Tsuchitori
Kudsi Erguner
Djamchid Chemirani
Kim Menzer
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh

Painter:
Pedro Rollo
Giulio Achilli
Alain Baliteau
Henri-Noel Guillot
Ulysse Ketseledis

Playback Singer:
Sarmila Roy

Producer:
Michel Propper

Production Accountant:
Monique Eydan

Production Assistant:
Marc Fuentes
Carlotta Croce Spinelli
Jean-Luc Gargadennec
Cécile Jan de la Gillardaie
Didier Perelman
Gaëlle Seydoux

Production Design:
Chloe Obolensky

Production Secretary:
France Merzouk
Sylvie Rozenberg

Production Supervisor:
Christine Raspillère

Props:
Florence Stahly
Muriel Ave
Valentine Stahly

Script Supervisor:
Carole Fèvre

Sculptor:
Doru Covrig
Jean-Luc Shwartz
Daniel Cendron

Second Assistant Director:
Philippe Tourret
Josef Baar

Set Buyer:
France Cherqui
Philippe Mathieu
Mireille Alguacil

Set Designer:
Raul Gomez
Emmanuel de Chauvigny

Sound:
Dominique Dalmasso
Daniel Brisseau

Sound Editor:
Patrice Grisolet

Sound Engineer:
Franck Redlich

Special Effects:
Raph Salis
Éric Plouseau
Pascal Ciccione

Special Sound Effects:
Eric Mauer

Still Photographer:
Gilles Abegg

Tailor:
Mohammad Sadiq
Jan Mohammad

Theatre Play:
Jean-Claude Carrière

Wardrobe Assistant:
Véronique de Groer
Coralie Rouleau

Wardrobe Master:
Barbara Higgins

Writer:
Jean-Claude Carrière
Peter Brook
Marie-Hélène Estienne

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