Maurice Bénichou
Biography: Maurice Bénichou (23 January 1943 in Tlemcen, French Algeria – 14 June 2019) was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke (Code inconnu, Le Temps du Loup, and Caché), and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie. He has also played in Peter Brook's 1989 film version of The Mahabharata. Source: Article "Maurice Bénichou" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 23, 1943
Deathday: June 14, 2019
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Amélie
2001-04-25
Amélie
Overview: At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-04-25
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Caché
2005-10-05
Caché
Overview: George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-10-05
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The Great Alibi
2008-04-30
The Great Alibi
Overview: Like every weekend senator Henri Pagès and his wife entertain guests at their beautiful mansion in a peaceful village near Paris. But this time around, things go awry: Pierre Collier, a psychoanalyst and consummate womanizer, is brutally murdered. Claire, his wife, dazed and confused by his corpse, with a smoking gun still in her hand, seems to be the ideal culprit...
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-04-30
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Adventures of Félix
2000-04-19
Adventures of Félix
Overview: A charming comedy about going on a rather long walk. Félix is a laid-back guy living in the bleak northern coastal town of Dieppe. He lives happily with his lover Daniel and is a soap opera enthusiast and HIV-positive. After losing his job, Félix decides to find the father he never knew in Marseilles. Agreeing to meet Daniel in the southern port city in a week's time, Félix throws on his backpack and starts hiking. On his way, he discovers that family need not always be connected by blood.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-04-19
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Instinct de femme
1981-11-07
Instinct de femme
Overview: Young - beautiful - married, fulfilled, Martha is bored. Passive in an active society, she took a first step by serving as a "guinea pig" to her brother researcher who undertook a comparative study on animal behavior and human behavior.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-11-07
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Paris
2008-02-20
Paris
Overview: Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-02-20
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I... For Icarus
1979-12-19
I... For Icarus
Overview: Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-12-19
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Every Jack Has a Jill
2009-07-29
Every Jack Has a Jill
Overview: Jack is encouraged to take the romantic Paris vacation he won, despite just being dumped by his girlfriend. His trip soon devolves into chaos and adventure, when his luggage is swapped for a French businesswoman's belongings who soon takes a liking to his belongings -- especially his shoes -- and sets out to find him.
Genres: Comedy Romance Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-07-29
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Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
2008-09-03
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Overview: The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-09-03
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The Candidate
2007-04-11
The Candidate
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-11
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Loser Takes All!
2004-06-23
Loser Takes All!
Overview: Serge Vaudier, a mathematics teacher, wins the lotto twice and claims he can do it again, thanks to an infallible system he has designed. Is a he genius or a con man? Angèle, the head of the the government's bureau, is determined to entrap him. She asks her secret lover, Jacques Loriot, an expert player in the casinos, for help.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-06-23
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Omar Killed Me
2011-06-21
Omar Killed Me
Overview: In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or DNA evidence, her Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad is found guilty and sentenced to 18 years in a French prison. Shocked by the case, and convinced of his innocence, journalist Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard moves to Nice to investigate, and uncover the truth...
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-06-21
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Great life
2009-11-04
Great life
Overview: Philosophy teacher in the provincial city of Saint-Etienne, Gregoire is a discreet man of integrity. He strives to instill the fundamentals of wisdom in his lethargic high-school students. Circumstances lead him to Paris where he encounters a new student in the shape of Patrick, a star TV presenter. Patrick's career is on a high, but he's not happy. He wants to learn, he wants to change, he wants Gregoire to be his life-coach.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-11-04
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The Rabbi's Cat
2011-05-31
The Rabbi's Cat
Overview: The story of a rabbi and his talking cat, a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi's teenage daughter.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-05-31
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Special Delivery
2002-12-11
Special Delivery
Overview: An unexpected phone call from a certain Kirsch sets off a crisis between Catherine and Raphaël that will affect all those around them, be they close friends or casual acquaintances.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-12-11
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À la Mode
1993-09-10
À la Mode
Overview: Fausto enters an orphanage and is initially bullied, but then makes friends with a new bunkmate, Raymond. He is apprenticed to Mietek, a tailor in the Jewish quarter, who teaches him the trade. Fausto charms everyone in the quarter, and falls in love with Tonie, the mechanic's daughter. He starts making outrageous suits for publicity and, after dressing Tonie, decides that he wants to be a famous couturier.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-09-10
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Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents
1993-12-01
Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents
Overview: This bright domestic drama captures a moment in time when, for a large number of idealistic and grateful French men and women, the promise of Russian communism was bright, and everything Russian was a source of joy and amazement. In the story, Irene was rescued from Auschwitz by soldiers from the U.S.S.R., and since that time she has enthusiatically considered Russia to be the source of hope in the world. Her more pragmatic husband has, by 1958, grown somewhat weary of her enthusiasm, which has led her to decorate their apartment with anything Russian she can get her hands on. Matters come to a head when she is befriended by three members of the Red Army Choir during their tour of Paris.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-12-01
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Off and Running
2008-04-16
Off and Running
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-04-16
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The Passenger
2005-12-01
The Passenger
Overview: When he learns of the death of his older brother Richard, Thomas sets out for Marseilles to identify the body. Having collected his brother’s possessions, he returns to their home town, hoping to recall their earlier life together. Here, Thomas insinuates himself into the company of Richard’s friends, whilst keeping his own identity a secret. As he does so, he begins to bring his brother back to life, although not all the memories are pleasant ones...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-12-01
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If You Die, I'll Kill You
2011-03-23
If You Die, I'll Kill You
Overview: In Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison, crosses paths with Avdal, a Kurd who is trying to track down an Iraqi war criminal. Avdal, who dreams of staying in France, plans to bring his fiancee Siba to Paris. She's due to arrive in the next few days. The two men strike up a friendship and when Avdal dies suddenly and unexpectedly, Philippe finds himself left to organize the funeral arrangements. What should he do with the body? Siba arrives in Paris, and soon learns that Avdal has died. She is taken in by a group of Kurdish men and before long she also meets Philippe - all of whom are quite smitten by her beauty. Meanwhile, Avdal's father Cheto, a devout Muslim, comes to Paris to grieve for his son. He intends to force Siba to return to her homeland, but the young woman has now had a taste of freedom.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-03-23
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Mordbüro
1997-07-09
Mordbüro
Overview: The neologistic title of this film translates as "Death Bureau," a secret vigilante organization used by ordinary working folk to rid the city of criminals through secret executions. Woodworker Leo Stoychev (Maurice Bennichou) goes to the organization for help because his boss Branco (Herve Briaux) won't repay a loan and may have had something to do with the accident that crippled Leo. The Mordburo is responsible for the death of a crooked lawyer, and Inspector Raoul (Patrick Catalifo) becomes suspicious.
Genres: Crime Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-07-09
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Paris Does Not Exist
1969-10-22
Paris Does Not Exist
Overview: In this film, an artist attending a party smokes some dope and develops the ability to see into the future and the past. He returns to his apartment where he sees the vision of a woman who had lived there 30 years ago. His psychedelic hallucinations increase with time. Starring Richard Leduc and Danièle Gaubert with Serge Gainsbourg who also did the score.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-10-22
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Cross My Heart
1991-02-27
Cross My Heart
Overview: Young Martin has been acting strange. At his school, his teacher and classmates notice that he is less talkative and more withdrawn. When those around him begin to prod, they discover that Martin’s single mother has died. Fearful that he will be sent away from home now that he has no parents, Martin looks to his friends for help. With Jerome leading the charge to save Martin from the orphanage, the first thing they decide to do is dispose of the mother’s body.
Genres: Drama Adventure Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-02-27
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Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or
2011-10-08
Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or
Overview: Simon, a forty-year-old filmmaker, is more prone to shooting himself in the foot than he is to shooting films. After losing a bet, he shaves off his hair and discovers a strange bump on top of his scull. Believing he's got a terminal illness, he gathers his family, friends and actors at his house in the Lilas neighborhood in Paris to shoot the comedy of his life !
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-10-08
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Boxes
2007-06-06
Boxes
Overview: Anna, 50 years old, moves into her new house. Rooms are full of boxes which contain a lot of things and plenty of memories. Anna has lived many lives and her past comes out of these boxes. Her parents surely, but also her children and their fathers, the living and the dead. In this breakneck period of her life, time is running faster and faster and Anna takes a run-up to face the past and try to go towards the future. And, maybe, to manage to still believe in love?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-06-06
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La Cerisaie
1982-01-31
La Cerisaie
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-01-31
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Man Is a Woman
1998-03-11
Man Is a Woman
Overview: Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, he receives a very tempting offer from his homophobic uncle, looking to continue the family legacy – if he gets married and has a child, he will receive ten million francs and inherit his uncle's luxurious mansion. After meeting Rosalie Baumann at his cousin David's wedding, and with some convincing on his mother's part, Simon sees an opportunity to fulfill his uncle's wishes and the pair go ahead and get married, but not before traveling to New York to meet Rosalie's Orthodox Jewish family. As Simon tries to develop real feelings for Rosalie, he struggles with his feelings for his newlywed cousin David.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-03-11
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Sale rêveur
1978-04-04
Sale rêveur
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-04-04
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Quand on sera grand
2000-09-27
Quand on sera grand
Overview: At thirty, Simon is juggling with life and it's problems. He is torn between his job as a journalist at "Tobacco Monthly", his girlfreind Christine with whom he can't seem to have a child and his friends Fabrice, Léa and Roché. On the family side, he should be sorting things out with his psychiatrist father but he mainly takes care of his Granma who is loosing her mind and making life impossible for everyone around her. When he meets Claire, a pregnant neighbour neglected by her husband, his life takes an unexpected turn.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-09-27
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Candidature
2001-10-31
Candidature
Overview: Jean, a young Parisian philosopher, travels to Angoulême to take part in a recruitment competition for the National Education. On the bus, he meets two other candidates, Pauline, an unscrupulous young woman, and Luc Dunoyer, a brilliant specialist of Descartes. The presence of the latter, who has never failed an exam, makes Jean lose all his means. But Dunoyer has fallen asleep on the bus.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-10-31
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The French Calvinists
1972-02-22
The French Calvinists
Overview: A few years after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes, the Camisards, Protestants from the Cévennes region, mostly peasants and silk workers, formed groups following Gédéon Laporte and fought Louis XIV's dragoons.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-02-22
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Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
2007-08-10
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
Overview: An old man living in an attic in a rundown part of Paris, becomes increasingly lonely and prey to ill-health.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-08-10
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Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques
1970-03-24
Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques
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Genres: TV Movie Documentary History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-03-24
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La Tueuse
2010-04-09
La Tueuse
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-04-09
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Code Unknown
2000-11-15
Code Unknown
Overview: A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-11-15
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The Patriots
1994-05-18
The Patriots
Overview: Ariel, a young French Jew, decides to leave his family to go to Israel and secretly become an agent of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal secrets from Remy Prieur, a French atomic scientist.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-05-18
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The Little Apocalypse
1993-02-10
The Little Apocalypse
Overview: An unknown Polish writer can't publish his novels, so his ex-wife decides to help him and get some of the profit for herself. She finally finds a publisher, but there's a strange single condition that could cost the writer his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-02-10
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Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?
1982-06-05
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?
Overview: David, a Jewish filmmaker in his thirties, is working on a screenplay with autobiographical overtones. His girlfriend, Anna, with whom he lives, finds his story very narcissistic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-06-05
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Little Marcel
1976-04-06
Little Marcel
Overview: A homeless young man, living in his delivery truck, is simultaneously adopted by a pranksome group of youngsters and made into a police informer. Believing that he is doing something good both for the other kids and for himself, he has no qualms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-04-06
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Marriage a la Mode
1973-09-20
Marriage a la Mode
Overview: The main character is a woman trapped in the long stifling marriage in a boring province. She has an affair with a traveling photographer, follows him to Paris, and then has a series of unsatisfactory but interesting relationships, one of which is with a woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-09-20
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Time of the Wolf
2003-08-28
Time of the Wolf
Overview: When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-08-28
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Roads to the South
1978-04-28
Roads to the South
Overview: France, 1975. Jean, an exiled Spanish Communist, is a successful screenwriter who, after a tragic event, struggles with his political commitment, his love for his country, under the boot of General Franco, whose death he and his comrades have waited for years, and his complicated relationship with his son. (A sequel to “The War Is Over,” 1966.)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-04-28
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Comment je me suis réveillé
2011-12-31
Comment je me suis réveillé
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-12-31
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Pardon Mon Affaire
1976-09-22
Pardon Mon Affaire
Overview: On an otherwise normal day, Étienne, a happily married man and a good father, sees something that stops him dead in his tracks: a gorgeous woman in a billowing red dress. Long after she has left his vision, her memory continues to haunt his mind. He falls instantly in love with her and tries everything to get to know her better. Helping Étienne snare his elusive lady in red are his three bumbling buddies, which all have secret affairs and/or cheat on their wives.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-09-22
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The Question
1977-05-04
The Question
Overview: 1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belonging to the FLN, he is actively sought by paratroopers.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-05-04
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Travail du comédien
1974-01-01
Travail du comédien
Overview: We follow the rehearsals and the staging work of Bertold Brecht's play 'Dans la jungle des villes' in 1972 by the company Théâtre de l'Espérance. The three directors: Jean-Pierre Vincent, Jean Jourdheuil and André Engel discuss their joint work of staging and their vision of the play. Interviews with the actors (Gérard Desarthe, Maurice Bénichou, Hélène Vincent), whom we follow at different stages of the work (source: Média Scérén). The film was screened for the 1973 Directors' Fortnight, at the Cannes Festival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Le jardinier
1981-10-14
Le jardinier
Overview: This is a surreal comedy is about a factory set in a barren landscape that dispenses a minute portion of water to stragglers carrying pans as receptacles. Inside, the workers seem to be doing nothing that makes any sense, and they are watched over by a periscope set up by twins who run the factory. An unexplained, plain woman living on the premises is sought after by the whimsical foreman (Maurice Benichou) -- also known as the "gardener" because he has planted flowers in the coal wagons that remain on a maze of train tracks -- the only "stock" owned by the company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-14
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The Mahabharata
1990-01-24
The Mahabharata
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-24
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