The Mahabharata (1989): All 3 Peter Brook TV Episodes in One 5 Hour Video!

This is Peter Brook's complete TV mini-series version (with English subtitles) of the Vedic epic, The Mahabharata. The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana) and contains many of the philosophical concepts of the Vedas. (Also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhqkRGISQr8 but without subtitles.)


Jealousy and hatred is what separates the Pandavas and Kauravas. The Kauravas fear the Pandavas are after the throne of their father. Yudhishthira of the Pandavas gets told by the deity, Krishna, that he will become king. A war is inevitable. (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097810/)


0:00:01 Game of Dice

The poet Vyasa tells a boy the story of his race, a story that leads to the birth of king Dhritharashtra and former king Pandu. Their children are raised together, but it is clear they don't really like each other. (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1586656/)


1:38:54 Exile in the Forest

The dice are cast and now the Pandavas face a long exile. Yudhishthira feels bound by his promise and waits. Arjuna leaves to look for weapons. Meanwhile Dushassana gets some disturbing dreams and urges Duryodhana to strike immediately. (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1586655/)


3:28:04 War

The war has started and so far things have not been going well for the Pandavas. Bhisma is invincible and as long as he is alive there will be no victory. Torn by his feeling for both sides, Bhisma seeks a solution. (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587053/)


Characters: Hidimbi (Erika Alexander), Kitchaka (Maurice Bénichou), Virata's daughter (Amba Bihler) Young Karna (Lou Bihler), Dushassana (Urs Bihler), Dhritharashtra (Ryszard Cieslak), Duryodhana (Georges Corraface), Nakula (Jean-Paul Denizon), Bhima (Mamadou Dioumé), Kunti (Miriam Goldschmidt), Hapsari Hardjito Abhimanyu's wife (Hapsari Hardjito), Abhimanyu (Nolan Hemmings), Deathless boy (Ken Higelin), Ciará Ashwattaman (Ciarán Hinds), 1st princess (Gisèle Hogard), Amba (Corinne Jaber), Uttara (Lutfi Jakfar), Ekalavya (Akram Khan), Karna (Jeffery Kissoon), Bhisma (Sotigui Kouyaté), Drishtadyumna (Joseph Kurian), Shakuni (Tuncel Kurtiz), Vyasa (Robert Langdon Lloyd), Gazelle (Clement Masdongar), Satyavati (Leela Mayor), Arjuna (Vittorio Mezzogiorno), Ganesha (Bruce Myers), Virata's wife (Yumi Nara), Urvasi (Tamsir Niane), Drona (Yoshi Oida), Hélè Gandhari (Hélène Patarot), Salvi (Abbi Patrix), 2nd princess (Julie Romanus), Ghatotkatcha (Bakary Sangaré), Draupadi (Mallika Sarabhai), Yudhishthira (Andrzej Seweryn), Virata (Mas Soegeng), The Boy (Antonin Stahly Viswanadhan), Tapa Sudana Pandu (Tapa Sudana), Sahadeva (Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh), Myriam Tadesse Gandhari's servant (Myriam Tadesse), The hermit (Velu Vishwananan)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097810/

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