Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: February 22, 1967
Runtime: 116 minutes
Genres: Music, Drama, History
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 6.1/10 (34 votes)
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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
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John Hussey
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William Morgan Sheppard
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Jonathan Burn
Polpoch
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Jacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)
John Steiner
Monsieur Dupere
Henry Woolf
Father
Leon Lissek
Lavoisier
Mark Jones
Mother
Maroussia Frank
Patient
Ian Hogg
Military Representative
Michael Farnsworth
Patient
Michael Percival
Patient
Heather Canning
Nun