Marat/Sade

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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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Music,

Drama,

History

Duration:

116 minutes

Year:

1967

Director:

Peter Brook

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Company:

National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)

Cast:
Patrick Magee

Marquis de Sade

Ian Richardson

Jean-Paul Marat

Michael Williams

Herald

Clifford Rose

Monsieur Coulmier

Glenda Jackson

Charlotte Corday

Crew:
David Watkin

Director of Photography

Peter Brook

Director

Tom Priestley

Editor

Michael Birkett

Producer

Sally Jacobs

Production Design