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Film / 1967
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
Directed by
Peter Brook
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Patrick MageeMarquis de Sade
Ian RichardsonJean-Paul Marat
Michael WilliamsHerald
Clifford RoseMonsieur Coulmier
Glenda JacksonCharlotte Corday
Freddie JonesCucurucu
Hugh SullivanKokol
John HusseyNewly Rich Lady
William Morgan SheppardA Mad Animal
Jonathan BurnPolpoch
Jeanette LandisRossignol
Robert Langdon LloydJacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)
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John SteinerMonsieur Dupere
James MellorSchoolmaster
Henry WoolfFather
John HarwoodVoltaire
Leon LissekLavoisier
Susan WilliamsonSimone Evrard
Carol RaymontPatient
Mary AllenPatient
Brenda KempnerMadame Coulmier
Mark JonesMother
Maroussia FrankPatient
Tamara FuerstPatient
Sheila GrantPatient
Lynn PinkneyPatient
Ian HoggMilitary Representative
Ruth BakerMademoiselle Coulmier
Michael FarnsworthPatient
Guy GordonPatient
Michael PercivalPatient
Heather CanningNun
Jennifer TudorNun
Tim HardyGuard (as Timothy Hardy)
Stanford TrowellGuard
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