Marat Sade (1967)
3.9 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 56min
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- Synopsis:
In his astonishing adaptation of Peter Weiss' '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', accomplished filmmaker Peter Brook spins the spellbinding tale of one man's extraordinary attempt to stage a play about the murder of the French Revolution's radical journalist and politician Jean-Paul Marat (Ian Richardson). The man in question is none other than the legendary Marquis De Sade (Patrick Magee), notorious aristocrat, social critic, playwright and inmate of Charenton asylum for the insane. His bold and colourful attempt to enrich his fellow inmates with cultural and artistic exposure to the polemical work leads to a theatre production of calamitous magnitude. In the tradition of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', outrageous in scope and mesmerising in detail, 'Marat/Sade' also features Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson among other 'excellent' performances from the highly respected Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company. - Actors:
- Patrick Magee, Clifford Rose, Glenda Jackson, Ian Richardson, Michael Williams, Freddie Jones, Hugh Sullivan, John Hussey, William Morgan Sheppard, Jonathan Burn, Jeanette Landis, Robert Langdon Lloyd, John Steiner, James Mellor, Henry Woolf, John Harwood, Leon Lissek, Susan Williamson, Carol Raymont, Mary Allen
- Directors:
- Peter Brook
- Producers:
- Michael Birkett
- Writers:
- Peter Weiss, Geoffrey Skelton, Adrian Mitchell
- Aka:
- Marat/Sade
- Genres:
- Drama, Performing Arts
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