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6.1In 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.
Released: 1967-02-22116 minDir: Peter BrookMusic, 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
- Freddie Jones as Cucurucu
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1966
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Marat/Sade
- Depicts
- Reign of Terror
- Director
- Peter Brook
- Screenwriter
- Peter Weiss
- Cinematographer
- David Watkin
- Narrative location
- Charenton asylum
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Categories
1960s historical drama films1960s political drama films1967 British films1967 English-language films1967 filmsBritish films based on playsBritish historical drama filmsBritish political drama filmsCultural depictions of Charlotte CordayCultural depictions of Jean-Paul MaratEnglish-language historical drama filmsFilms about theatre