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)
By Peter Weiss
1967 · NR · 1h 56m · Music, Drama, History
Genres: Music, Drama, History
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…
Director: Peter Brook
Writers: Adrian Mitchell
Music by: Richard Peaslee
Cinematography: David Watkin
Editor: Tom Priestley
Cast
Patrick Magee as Marquis de SadeIan Richardson as Jean-Paul MaratMichael Williams as HeraldClifford Rose as Monsieur CoulmierGlenda Jackson as Charlotte CordayFreddie Jones as CucurucuHugh Sullivan as KokolJohn Hussey as Newly Rich LadyWilliam Morgan Sheppard as A Mad AnimalJonathan Burn as PolpochJeanette Landis as RossignolRobert Langdon Lloyd as Jacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)More like this
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