Film
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
1967 · 1h 56m · Music · Drama · History
By Peter Weiss
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Overview
In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the patients as actors. Based on 'The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade', a 1963 play by Peter Weiss.
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Cast
Patrick Magee
Marquis de Sade
Ian Richardson
Jean-Paul Marat
Michael Williams
Herald
Clifford Rose
Monsieur Coulmier
Glenda Jackson
Charlotte Corday
Freddie Jones
Cucurucu
Hugh Sullivan
Kokol
John Hussey
Newly Rich Lady
William Morgan Sheppard
A Mad Animal
Jonathan Burn
Polpoch
Jeanette Landis
Rossignol
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Jacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)
John Steiner
Monsieur Dupere
James Mellor
Schoolmaster
Henry Woolf
Father
John Harwood
Voltaire
Crew
- Peter BrookDirector
- Adrian MitchellScreenplay
- Michael BirkettProducer
- David WatkinDirector of Photography
- Richard PeasleeOriginal Music Composer
- Tom PriestleyEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- February 22, 1967
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Music, Drama, History
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