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)

"By Peter Weiss"

6.2 February 22, 1967 1h 56m Released
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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.

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Cast

  • Patrick Magee

    Patrick Magee

    Marquis de Sade

  • Ian Richardson

    Ian Richardson

    Jean-Paul Marat

  • Michael Williams

    Michael Williams

    Herald

  • Clifford Rose

    Clifford Rose

    Monsieur Coulmier

  • Glenda Jackson

    Glenda Jackson

    Charlotte Corday

  • Freddie Jones

    Freddie Jones

    Cucurucu

  • Hugh Sullivan

    Hugh Sullivan

    Kokol

  • John Hussey

    John Hussey

    Newly Rich Lady

  • William Morgan Sheppard

    William Morgan Sheppard

    A Mad Animal

  • Jonathan Burn

    Jonathan Burn

    Polpoch

  • Jeanette Landis

    Jeanette Landis

    Rossignol

  • Robert Langdon Lloyd

    Robert Langdon Lloyd

    Jacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)

  • John Steiner

    John Steiner

    Monsieur Dupere

  • James Mellor

    James Mellor

    Schoolmaster

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