The Mahabharata

The Mahabharata

 

(6.9 from 17 users)

5h 18m 1990 HD

One of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production from acclaimed theater and film innovator Peter Brook. 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 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, passion and vision of glory. Briefly, the Mahabharata is a tale of two rival sets of brothers, cousins to eachother, each born into royalty and with divinely guided paths in life. The result, however, is a great war, death, destruction - a vast epic.


Related Movies

  • 2002
    The Cuckoo

    The Cuckoo

    The Cuckoo

    7.02002HD

    September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set...

    The Cuckoo
  • 1997
    Wag the Dog

    Wag the Dog

    Wag the Dog

    71997HD

    During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the...

    Wag the Dog
  • 1987
    Full Metal Jacket

    Full Metal Jacket

    Full Metal Jacket

    8.11987HD

    A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the...

    Full Metal Jacket
  • 1937
    Grand Illusion

    Grand Illusion

    Grand Illusion

    7.81937HD

    A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own...

    Grand Illusion
  • 1986
    Platoon

    Platoon

    Platoon

    7.71986HD

    As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

    Platoon
  • 2001
    Enemy at the Gates

    Enemy at the Gates

    Enemy at the Gates

    7.42001HD

    A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

    Enemy at the Gates
  • 2001
    Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    6.92001HD

    The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love...

    Pearl Harbor
  • 1987
    The Last Emperor

    The Last Emperor

    The Last Emperor

    7.61987HD

    A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by...

    The Last Emperor
  • 1933
    India Speaks

    India Speaks

    India Speaks

    01933HD

    A documentary of explorer Richard Halliburton's travels on the Indian sub-continent, featuring a mix of real and staged footage.

    India Speaks
  • 2006
    Little Miss Sunshine

    Little Miss Sunshine

    Little Miss Sunshine

    7.62006HD

    A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

    Little Miss Sunshine
  • 1993
    What's Eating Gilbert Grape

    What's Eating Gilbert Grape

    What's Eating Gilbert Grape

    7.61993HD

    Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't...

    What's Eating Gilbert Grape
  • 1962
    Jules and Jim

    Jules and Jim

    Jules and Jim

    7.51962HD

    In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall...

    Jules and Jim