Directed by:
Peter BrookScreenplay:
Jean-Claude CarrièreCinematography:
William LubtchanskyCast:
Erika Alexander, Georges Corraface, Maurice Bénichou, Mamadou Dioumé, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Sotigui Kouyaté, Tuncel Kurtiz, Andrzej Seweryn (more)Plots(1)
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 award-winning 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, contradictions, and dreams, filled with subplots which are alternately comic and tragic but always gloriously entertaining. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Erika Alexander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/749/161749244_e43f32.jpg)
Erika Alexander
USA
Best series:
House M.D. (2004) (series)
Suits (2011) (series)
Bosch (2014) (series)
![Georges Corraface](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058570_23ff99.jpg)
Georges Corraface
France
Best series:
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Death in Paradise (2011) (series)
![Maurice Bénichou](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272819_5d6724.jpg)
Maurice Bénichou
Algeria
Best series:
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
Mamadou Dioumé
Best series:
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
Navarro (1989) (series)
![Vittorio Mezzogiorno](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270471_93e965.jpg)
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Italy
Best series:
The Octopus (1984) (series)
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
Martin Eden (1979) (series)
![Sotigui Kouyaté](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/213/163213503_9dc970.jpg)
Sotigui Kouyaté
Mali
Best series:
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
![Tuncel Kurtiz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/319/164319798_86c400.jpg)
Tuncel Kurtiz
Turkey
Best series:
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
Ezel (2009) (series)
Asi (2007) (series)
![Andrzej Seweryn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/327/166327588_fa6bf9.png)
Andrzej Seweryn
Best series:
The Mire (2018) (series)
The King (2020) (series)
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
![Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271996_a427d4.jpg)
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic
Yugoslavia
Best series:
Bila jednom jedna zemlja (1995) (series)
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
![Ciarán Hinds](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272443_ca457a.jpg)
Ciarán Hinds
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Rome (2005) (series)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) (series)
Hélène Patarot
Best series:
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
Spiral (2005) (series)
![Bakary Sangaré](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456142_a46051.jpg)
Bakary Sangaré
Best series:
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Best series:
Boardwalk Empire (2010) (series)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
![Antonin Stahly Viswanadhan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/555/161555044_d30a99.png)
Antonin Stahly Viswanadhan
Best series:
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
Ken Higelin
France
Best series:
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
笈田ヨシ
Japan
Best series:
La Belle Anglaise (1988) (series)
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
Julie Lescaut (1992) (series)
Urs Bihler
Best series:
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Nolan Hemmings
Best series:
Band of Brothers (2001) (series)
The Mahabharata (1989) (series)
MacGyver (1985) (series)