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

1967 "By 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

7.5 | 1h56m | NR | en | Drama

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.

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7.5 | 1h56m | NR | en | Drama , History , Music

Synopsis

Cast

Patrick Magee , Ian Richardson , Michael Williams

Director

Edward Marshall

Producted By

National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC) ,

Trailers

Cast

Patrick Magee

as Marquis de Sade

[1984] The Black Cat [1980] The Flipside of Dominick Hide [1980] Rough Cut [1980] The Sleep of Death [1978] Kidnapped [1978] Kidnapped [1977] Telefon [1975] Barry Lyndon [1974] The Final Programme

Ian Richardson

as Jean-Paul Marat

[2022] Memorial Memorial [2007] Becoming Jane [2006] Joyeux Noel [2005] The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby [2004] Dæmos Rising [2004] Nero [2003] Strange [2001] From Hell [2000] Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes

Michael Williams

as Herald

[2018] Nothing Like a Dame [1999] The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns [1999] The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns [1993] Conjugal Rites [1988] Charlie Chalk [1983] Educating Rita [1980] Love in a Cold Climate [1979] My Son, My Son [1975] The Hanged Man