The Brig

Overview

Jonas Mekas’s film captures The Living Theatre’s stage production of The Brig, an unflinching portrait of life inside a U.S. Marine Corps jail in Japan in 1957. Over the course of a single day, prisoners endure relentless drills, abuse, and dehumanization, exposing the brutality of military discipline with stark immediacy.

Directed by Jonas Mekas

Top cast

Warren Finnerty

Lintz

H

Henry Howard

Cpt. Grace

T

Tom Lilard

Warden

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James Tiroff

Prisoner No.1

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Steven Ben Israel

Prisoner No.2

R

Rufus Collins

Prisoner No.3

G

Gene Lipton

Prisoner No.4

M

Michael Elias

Prisoner No.5

W

William Shari

Prisoner No.6

V

Viktor Allen

Prisoner No.7

George Bartenieff

Prisoner No.8

G

Gene Gordon

Prisoner No.9

M

Mark Duffy

Prisoner No.10

H

Henry Proach

New Prisoner

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Carl Einhorn

Prisoner Chaser

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Luke Theodore

Prisoner Chaser

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Jim Anderson

Tepperman

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