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)
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.
- Released
- 1967-02-22
- Genres
- Music, Drama, History
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Peter Brook, Adrian Mitchell
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 from 37 votes
Cast
- Patrick Magee as Marquis de Sade
- Ian Richardson as Jean-Paul Marat
- Michael Williams as Herald
- Clifford Rose as Monsieur Coulmier
- Glenda Jackson as Charlotte Corday
- Freddie Jones as Cucurucu
- Hugh Sullivan as Kokol
- John Hussey as Newly Rich Lady
- William Morgan Sheppard as A Mad Animal
- Jonathan Burn as Polpoch
- Jeanette Landis as Rossignol
- Robert Langdon Lloyd as Jacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)