Marat/Sade (1967)
"By Peter Weiss"

Title: Marat/Sade
Original Title: Marat/Sade
Release Date: 1967-02-22
Status: Released
Rating: 6.1/10 (from 31 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Music, Drama, History
Production Companies: National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
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.
Cast

Patrick Magee
Marquis de Sade

Ian Richardson
Jean-Paul Marat

Michael Williams
Herald

Clifford Rose
Monsieur Coulmier

Glenda Jackson
Charlotte Corday

Freddie Jones
Cucurucu

Hugh Sullivan
Kokol

John Hussey
Newly Rich Lady

William Morgan Sheppard
A Mad Animal

Jonathan Burn
Polpoch