Released:
1967-02-22

Overview:
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

Runtime:
1h 56min

Genre:
Music, Drama, History

• Cast:
• 
  Patrick Magee
  as
  Marquis de Sade
• 
  Ian Richardson
  as
  Jean-Paul Marat
• 
  Michael Williams
  as
  Herald
• 
  Clifford Rose
  as
  Monsieur Coulmier
• 
  Glenda Jackson
  as
  Charlotte Corday