United States / Feb 22, 1967 / NR / Premiere
By Peter Weiss
1h 56min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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 |
Genres
MusicDramaHistory
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Marat/Sade |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC) |
| Release date | 22 febbraio 1967 |
| Production | Michael Birkett |
| Writer | Adrian Mitchell, Peter Weiss |
| Editing | Tom Priestley, Rex Pyke |
| Cinematography | David Watkin, Wally Byatt, Jim Day, Roy Ford, Nigel Cousins |
| Assistant directors | Ariel Levy, Anthony Waye, Peter Brook, Josephine Knowles |
| Camera operators | Jim Day, David Watkin, Wally Byatt, Roy Ford, Nigel Cousins |
| Additional photography | David Watkin, Wally Byatt, Jim Day, Roy Ford, Nigel Cousins |
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| Production design | Sally Jacobs, Edward Marshall |
| Art direction | Edward Marshall, Sally Jacobs |
| Set decoration | Sally Jacobs, Edward Marshall |
| Music | Richard Peaslee, Bob Allen, Robin Clegg, Hugh Strain, Richard Callinan, Mike Gould, Patrick Gowers, Paul Hiley, Nicholas Moes, Rainer Schulein |
| Sound | Richard Peaslee, Bob Allen, Robin Clegg, Hugh Strain, Richard Callinan, Mike Gould, Patrick Gowers, Paul Hiley, Nicholas Moes, Rainer Schulein |
| Costume design | John Hales, Lynn Hope, Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, Alan Boyle, Ken Lintott, Bunty Phillips, Betty Sherriff |
| Makeup | Alan Boyle, Ken Lintott, Bunty Phillips, John Hales, Lynn Hope, Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, Betty Sherriff |
| Hairstyling | John Hales, Lynn Hope, Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, Alan Boyle, Ken Lintott, Bunty Phillips, Betty Sherriff |
Release dates
Theatrical release
United Kingdom / Mar 08, 1967 / Premiere
Physical media
Japan / Oct 16, 2019
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