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15 February 1990 (USA)
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Religion
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Stage Adaptation
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Epic
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Mythological
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Massacre
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2 wins
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superb mythographic projection
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Cast
(Series Cast overview, first billed only)| Erika Alexander | ... | Madri / Hidimbi | |
| Maurice Bénichou | ... | Kitchaka | |
| Amba Bihler | ... | Virata's daughter | |
| Lou Bihler | ... | Young Karna | |
| Urs Bihler | ... | Dushassana | |
| Ryszard Cieslak | ... | Dhritharashtra | |
| Georges Corraface | ... | Duryodhana | |
| Jean-Paul Denizon | ... | Nakula | |
| Mamadou Dioumé | ... | Bhima | |
| Miriam Goldschmidt | ... | Kunti | |
| Hapsari Hardjito | ... | Abhimanyu's wife | |
| Nolan Hemmings | ... | Abhimanyu | |
| Ken Higelin | ... | Deathless boy | |
| Ciarán Hinds | ... | Ashwattaman | |
| Gisèle Hogard | ... | 1st princess |
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Le mahâbhârata (France)
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318 min | France:55 min (6 episodes) | USA:171 min (theatrical version)
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Duryodhana:
A man says: I have enough to eat and wear. I need nothing more! Shame! He says: I don't know anger! Shame! I am like a dried up stream, like a wooden elephant. All because my father was born blind, because one does not give a throne to a blind man.
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Featured in "Zomergasten: (#3.2)" (1990)
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Brooks has done an amazing job of distilling the monumental indian epic into less than a 6 hour film. In the process, a lot of good stuff had to left out, but what remains is pure gold.
The style is spare and theatrical, with fairly minimal sets. Rather than detracting from the sense of immediacy, however, the lack of background serves to throw the characters into bolder relief. And what characters! Arjuna, Yudhisthira, Draupadi, Bhima, Krishna - marvelous characters all. And the 'bad guys' are nearly as good - flawed, but complex and even somewhat sympathetic. The minor characters too are arresting - bhishma and drona especially.
This movie translates the power of myth to the screen better than any other by far. Maybe when LotR is complete that will change, but for now Mahabharata reigns supreme.