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Directed by
Peter Brook 
 
Writing credits
Jean-Claude Carrière (adaptation)

Peter Brook (screenplay) &
Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay) &
Marie-Hélène Estienne (screenplay)

Vedavyas (story) uncredited

Cast (in credits order)

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
Corinne Jaber ... Amba / Sikhandin
Lutfi Jakfar ... Uttara
Akram Khan ... Ekalavya
Jeffery Kissoon ... Karna (as Jeffrey Kissoon)
Sotigui Kouyaté ... Bhisma
Joseph Kurian ... Drishtadyumna
Tuncel Kurtiz ... Shakuni
Robert Langdon Lloyd ... Vyasa
Clement Masdongar ... Gazelle
Leela Mayor ... Satyavati
Vittorio Mezzogiorno ... Arjuna
Bruce Myers ... Ganesha / Krishna
Yumi Nara ... Virata's wife
Tamsir Niane ... Urvasi
Yoshi Oida ... Drona
Hélène Patarot ... Gandhari
Abbi Patrix ... Salvi
Julie Romanus ... 2nd princess
Bakary Sangaré ... The Sun / Rakshasa / Ghatotkatcha
Mallika Sarabhai ... Draupadi
Andrzej Seweryn ... Yudhishthira
Mas Soegeng ... Virata
Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan ... The Boy
Tapa Sudana ... Pandu / Shiva
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh ... Sahadeva
Myriam Tadesse ... Gandhari's servant
Velu Vishwananan ... The hermit
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Produced by
Michael Birkett .... executive producer
Karen Brooks Hopkins .... producer: Brooklyn Academy of Music
Ronald E. Feiner .... producer: Brooklyn Academy of Music
Abigail Franklin .... producer: Brooklyn Academy of Music
Sara Geater .... producer: Channel Four Representive
Michael Kustow .... executive producer
Harvey Lichtenstein .... executive producer
Edward Myerson .... co-producer
Michel Propper .... producer
Christine Raspillère .... supervising producer
Micheline Rozan .... co-producer
Nina Steiner .... producer: Brooklyn Academy of Music
Rachel Tabori .... co-producer
William Wilkinson .... co-producer
 
Original Music by
Toshi Tsuchitori 
 
Cinematography by
William Lubtchansky 
 
Film Editing by
Nicolas Gaster 
Michèle Hollander (co-editor)
 
Casting by
Marie-Hélène Estienne 
 
Production Design by
Chloé Obolensky 
 
Costume Design by
Chloé Obolensky 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Josef Baar .... second assistant director (as Joseph Barr)
Marc Guilbert .... first assistant director
Philippe Tourret .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Pascal Chatton .... second assistant decorator
 
Sound Department
Daniel Brisseau .... sound
Dominique Dalmasso .... sound
François Gédigier .... sound editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Marc Koninckx .... Steadicam operator
Richard Weber .... best boy electric
 
Music Department
Djamchid Chemirani .... musician
Philippe Eidel .... music producer
Kudsi Ergüner .... musician
Kim Menzer .... musician
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh .... musician
 
Other crew
Clifford De Spenser .... language coach (as Clifford De Spencer)
 

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