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The Mahabharata - Game of Dice (1990)

Original title: the mahabharata - game of dice
Production: UK|94 min
Dramatic, War, Mythological
Poster of movie The Mahabharata - Game of Dice
pandu and dhritharashra are two brothers of semi-divine origin: the first gives up the kingdom to the other brother, who is symbolically blind and has five children, all of them originate, called pandavas. from the second, always in magical and mysterious circumstances, a hundred sons are born, the kuravas. grown up together, the pandavas and the kuravas come into conflict causing a long and bloody war. the final victory will be of the pandavas, also thanks to the help of krishna, incarnation of the great god visnu.
This movie is episode 1 of the series Mahabharata composed by:

Origin of the subject

dal libro: Mahabharata (350)
dall'opera teatrale: Le Mahabharata (1985, Peter Brook)

Direction

Peter BrookPeter Brook: regista

Production and Screenplay

Peter BrookPeter Brook: sceneggiatore
Marie Helene Estienne: sceneggiatore
Michel Propper: produttore
Jean-claude CarrièreJean-claude Carrière: sceneggiatore
Christine Raspillère: produttore
Michael Birkett: produttore esecutivo
Sara Geater: produttore

Characters and Interpreters

Hidimbi
Erika AlexanderErika Alexander(età:21)
Duryodhana
Georges CorrafaceGeorges Corraface(età:38)
Bhisma
Sotigui Kouyaté(età:54)
Yudhishthira
Andrzej SewerynAndrzej Seweryn(età:44)
Arjuna
Vittorio MezzogiornoVittorio Mezzogiorno(età:49)
Karna
Jeffery KissoonJeffery Kissoon(età:43)
Dushassana
Urs Bihler(età:46)
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Peter BrookPeter Brook(età:65)
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Yoshi OidaYoshi Oida(età:57)
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Tuncel KurtizTuncel Kurtiz(età:54)
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Ciaran HindsCiaran Hinds(età:37)
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Maurice BenichouMaurice Benichou(età:47)
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Ryszard Cieslak(età:53)

Technical staff

Djamchid Chemirani: musiche
Kudsi Erguner: musiche
Kim Menzer: musiche
Mahmoud Tabrizi zadeh: musiche
Toshi Tsuchitori: musiche
Nicolas Gaster: montatore
William Lubtchansky: direttore della fotografia
Chloe Obolensky: costumista
Chloe Obolensky: scenografo