The Mahabharata, M.P. Productions presents ; in association with Channel 4 Television Co. Ltd. ; The Brooklyn Academy of Music ; and the assistance of Le Centre National de la Cinématographie ; executive producers, Michael Birkett, Harvey Lichtenstein, Michael Kustow ; screenplay by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière, Marie-Hélène Estienne ; produced by Michel Propper ; directed by Peter Brook

Type

Label

The Mahabharata, M.P. Productions presents ; in association with Channel 4 Television Co. Ltd. ; The Brooklyn Academy of Music ; and the assistance of Le Centre National de la Cinématographie ; executive producers, Michael Birkett, Harvey Lichtenstein, Michael Kustow ; screenplay by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière, Marie-Hélène Estienne ; produced by Michel Propper ; directed by Peter Brook

Note

Adapted from the play by Jean-Claude Carrière ; based on the RST/CICT stage production

Color

multicolored

Configuration of playback channels

quadrophonic multichannel or surround

resource.creditsNote

Director of photography, William Lubtchansky ; editor, Nicolas Gaster ; music, Toshi Tsuchitori, Djamchid Chemirani, Kudsi Erguner, Kim Menzer, Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh ; songs interpreted by Sarmila Roy ; music produced by Philippe Eidel

Dimensions

other

Medium for sound

videodisc

Participant note

Urs Bihler (Dushassana), Ryszard Cieslak (Dhritharashtra), Georges Corraface (Duryodhana), Mamadou Dioumé (Bhima), Miriam Goldschmidt (Kunti), Jeffrey Kissoon (Karna), Sotigui Kouyate (Bhisma), Tuncel Kurtiz (Shakuni), Robert Langdon Lloyd (Vyasa), Vittorio Mezzogiorno (Arjuna), Bruce Myers (Ganesha/Krishna), Yoshi Oida (Drona), Hélène Patarot (Gandhari), Mallika Sarabhai (Draupadi), Andrzej Seweryn (Yudhishthira), Tapa Sudana (Pandu/Shiva)

Physical Description

1 videodisc (170 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in.

Sound on medium or separate

sound on medium

Specific Material Designation

videodisc

System control number

(Sirsi) 1364047(OCoLC)276778213

System details

DVD ; NTSC ; enhanced for 16:9 TVs ; Dolby Digital 2.0 surround

Upc

014381486223