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

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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)

Directed by Peter Brook

“By Peter Weiss”

Music, Drama, History · 1h 56m

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
H
Hugh Sullivan Kokol John Hussey Newly Rich Lady William Morgan Sheppard A Mad Animal Jonathan Burn Polpoch
J
Jeanette Landis Rossignol Robert Langdon Lloyd Jacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)

Crew

Director
Peter Brook
Screenplay
Adrian Mitchell
Director of Photography
David Watkin
Original Music Composer
Richard Peaslee
Editor
Tom Priestley
Producer
Michael Birkett

Details

Release date
1967-02-22
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Music, Drama, History
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
National Film Finance Corporation