Research Catalog

Title

The Mahabharata / Les Productions du 3ème Etage, in association with Channel 4 Television Co. Ltd., the Brooklyn Academy of Music ; produced by Michel Propper ; directed by Peter Brook.

Publication

Long Beach, Calif. : Pioneer Artists, 1989.

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Additional Authors

• Brook, Peter, 1925-
• Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-2021.
• Propper, Michel.
• Estienne, Marie-Hélène.
• Lubtchansky, William.
• Tsuchitori, Toshi.
• Bihler, Urs.
• Cieślak, Ryszard, 1937-1990.
• Corraface, Georges, 1952-
• Dioumé, Mamadou.
• Productions du 3ème étage.
• Channel Four (Great Britain)
• Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Description

4 videodiscs (385 min.) : sound, color; 12 in. +

Summary

The world of The Mahabharata is of profound storytelling power and spiritual import; within it a civilization rises, falls and is reborn.

Uniform Title

• Game of dice. 1989.
• Exile. 1989.
• Rules of war. 1989.
• War. 1989.
• Gates of paradise. 1989.

Alternative Title

Peter Brook\u0027s The Mahabharata.

Subject

• Krishna (Hindu deity) > Drama
• Mahābhārata > Adaptations
• Feature films
• Religious films
• India > Drama

Note

• Videodisc release of a 1989 production.
• Adapted from the play by Jean-Claude Carrière.
• Title on container: Peter Brook\u0027s The Mahabharata.
• Guide in Japanese.

Credits (note)

• Director, Peter Brook ; producer, Michel Propper ; screenplay, Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière, Marie-Hélène Estienne ; director of photography, William Lubtchansky ; music, Toshi Tsuchitori.

System Details (note)

• LaserDisc [CLV]

Contents

Side 2. The game of dice -- side 3. Exile -- side 4. The rules of war -- side 5. War -- side 6. The gates of paradise.

OCLC

• ocm27414615
• SCSB-3664682

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries