Marat/Sade
Release Date:
Feb 22, 1967
Runtime:
1h 56m
Genres:
Music, Drama, History
Description
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.
Director:
Peter Brook
Writer:
Adrian Mitchell
Stars:
Patrick Magee, Ian Richardson, Michael Williams
Production:
National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
