BY PETER WEISS
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.
Ratings
3.5
Cast
Patrick Magee
Marquis de Sade
Ian Richardson
Jean-Paul Marat
Michael Williams
Herald
Clifford Rose
Monsieur Coulmier
Glenda Jackson
Charlotte Corday
Freddie Jones
Cucurucu
Hugh Sullivan
Kokol
John Hussey
Newly Rich Lady
William Morgan Sheppard
A Mad Animal
Jonathan Burn
Polpoch
Jeanette Landis
Rossignol
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Jacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)
John Steiner
Monsieur Dupere
James Mellor
Schoolmaster
Henry Woolf
Father
John Harwood
Voltaire
Leon Lissek
Lavoisier
Susan Williamson
Simone Evrard
Carol Raymont
Patient
Mary Allen
Patient
Brenda Kempner
Madame Coulmier
Mark Jones
Mother
Maroussia Frank
Patient
Tamara Fuerst
Patient
Sheila Grant
Patient
Lynn Pinkney
Patient
Ian Hogg
Military Representative
Ruth Baker
Mademoiselle Coulmier
Michael Farnsworth
Patient
Guy Gordon
Patient
Michael Percival
Patient
Heather Canning
Nun
Jennifer Tudor
Nun
Tim Hardy
Guard (as Timothy Hardy)
Stanford Trowell
Guard
Crew
Director of Photography
Director
Producer
Production Design
Editor
Second Assistant Director
Original Story
Costume Designer
Choreographer
Wig Designer
Production Manager
Translator
Boom Operator
Focus Puller
Camera Operator
Screenplay
Hairdresser
Assistant Editor
Clapper Loader
Original Music Composer
Art Direction
Makeup Designer
Sound Mixer
First Assistant Director
Sound Recordist
Continuity
Makeup Artist
Music Director
Details
Release Date
1967-02-22
Runtime
116 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Production Companies
National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
Countries
United Kingdom
Genres
Music
Drama
History