Season 1
1990 | 3 Episodes
Peter Brook's The Mahabharata
War, Drama
France
English- 1 Season (3 Episodes)
- 1990 - 1990
- Ended
Jealousy and hatred is what separates the Pandavas and Kauravas. The Kauravas fear the Pandavas are after the throne of their father. Yudhishthira of the Pandavas gets told by the deity, Krishna, that he will become king. A war is inevitable.
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In ancient India the five Pandava brothers, Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, are cousins of the sons of king Dhritharashtra, known as the Kaurava. The five are the sons of the wives of king Pandu, who seceded in favor of his blind brother after he was cursed. The men are raised together, but from the beginning there are difficulties. They are prone to fight and when Arjuna becomes a great archer, the Kaurava are both jealous and afraid. Is it the kingdom the Pandava are after? Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava, strives after it as he is told by the deity Krishna that he will become king. The hatred and jealousy of the Kaurava grows even stronger when the Pandava turn a barren wasteland Dhritharashtra gave them into a great court. This can't go on forever. Inevitably a war will follow, a war that will shake the foundations of the Earth.
Country: France
Type: scripted
Status: Ended
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 1990
Also Known As: Махабхарата, Mahabharata - Das WürfelspielMahabharata, Le mahâbhârata, Mahabharata - Die Verbannung, Mahábhárata, 摩诃婆罗多, Peter Brook's the Mahabharata, Peter Brooks the Mahabharata, The Mahabharata, Μαχαμπαράτα, Mahabharata - Der Krieg, Il mahabharata, O Mahabharata, マハーバーラタ | See more »
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Production Co: MP Productions, Channel 4 Television Corporation, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Les Productions du 3ème EtageDanmarks Radio (DR), Sveriges Television (SVT), Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS), La Sept, Channel 3 Finland, Belgische Radio en Televisie (BRT), Stöð 2, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), Pioneer LDC, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Doordarshan, Radio Televisión Española (RTVE), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) | See more »
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Audience Award 1990
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Audience Award
Best Feature
Emmy 1990
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Emmy
Performing Arts
