The Mahabharata

Screenplay by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carriere and Marie-Helene Estienne
Directed by Peter Brook
Director of photography - William Lubtchansky
Production designer Chloe Obolensky 
Photos by Gilles Abegg 
from The Mahabharata Peter Brook's Epic in the Making
by Garry O'Connor
 Urs Bihler as  Dushassana 
 Ryszard Cieslak  as  Dhritharashtra 
 George Corraface  as  Duryodhana 
 Mamadou Dioume  as  Bhima 
 Miriam Goldschmidt as  Kunti 
 Ciaran Hinds as  Aswatthaman 
  Jeffrey Kissoon as Karna  
 Sotigui Kouyate as Bhishma 
ACTOR
CHARACTER 
Erika Alexander Madri/Hidimbi 
Maurice Benichou Kitchaka
Amba Bihler Virata’s Daughter
Lou Bihler Young Karna
Urs Bihler Dushassana
Ryszard Cieslak Dhritharashtra
George Corraface Duryodhana
Jean-Paul Denizon Nakula
Mamadou Dioume Bhima
Miriam Goldschmidt Kunti 
Hapsari Hardjito Abhimanyu’s Wife
Nolan Hemmings Abhimanyu
Ken Higelin Deathless Boy
Ciaran Hinds Aswatthaman - On world tour,
Ciaran Hinds also played Nakula
Gisele Hogard First Princess
Corinne Jaber Amba/Sikhandin
Lufti Jakfar Uttara
Akram Khan Ekalavya
Jeffrey Kissoon Karna 
Sotigui Kouyate Bhishma
Joseph Kurian Drishtadyumna 
Tuncel Kurtiz Shakuni 
Robert Langdon Lloyd Vyasa
Clement Masdongar Gazelle
Leela Mayor Satyavati
Vittorio Mezzogiorno Arjuna 
Bruce Myers Ganesha/Krishna
Yuni Nara Virata’s Wife
Tamsir Niane Urvasi 
Yoshi Oida Drona 
Helene Patarot Gandhari 
Abbi Patrix Salva
Julie Romanus Second Princess
Bakary Sangare The Sun/Rakshasa/Ghatotkacha
Malika Sarabhai Draupadi
Andrzej Seweryn Yudhishthira 
Mas Soegeng Virata 
Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan The Boy 
Tapa Sudana Panda/Shiva/Salya
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh Sahadeva
Myriam Tadesse Gandhari’s Servant
Velu Vishwanadan The Hermit
 
 Robert Langdon Lloyd as Vyasa 
 Vittorio Mezzogiorno as Arjuna 
 Bruce Myers as Ganesha/Krishna 
 Yoshi Oida as Drona 
 Helene Patarot as Gandhari 
  Malika Sarabhai as Draupadi 
 Andrzej Seweryn as Yudhishthira 
 Tapa Sudana as Panda/Shiva/Salya