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
By Peter Weiss
6.2
37 votes
1967
1h 56m
Music
Drama
History
Overview
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.
Directed by Peter Brook
Top cast
Patrick Magee
Marquis de Sade
Ian Richardson
Jean-Paul Marat
Michael Williams
Herald
Clifford Rose
Monsieur Coulmier
Glenda Jackson
Charlotte Corday
Freddie Jones
CucurucuH
Hugh Sullivan
Kokol
John Hussey
Newly Rich Lady
William Morgan Sheppard
A Mad Animal
Jonathan Burn
PolpochJ
Jeanette Landis
Rossignol
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Jacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)
John Steiner
Monsieur DupereJ
James Mellor
Schoolmaster
Henry Woolf
FatherJ
John Harwood
Voltaire
Leon Lissek
LavoisierS
Susan Williamson
Simone EvrardC
Carol Raymont
PatientM
Mary Allen
PatientDetails
Status
Released
Release date
February 22, 1967
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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