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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.
Theatrical
Feb 22, 1967
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 5, 1998
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Music
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National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
Quotes
See all →Questioning Authority and Ongoing Suffering
Kokol
What has gone wrong with the men who are ruling?
Polpoch
I'd like to know who they think they're fooling.
Cucurucu
They told us the torture was over and gone.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Belief in Self vs. Belief in Revolution
Marquis de Sade
It's easy to get mass movements moving. Movements that move in vicious circles. I don't believe in idealists who charge down blind alleys. I don't believe in any of the sacrifices that have been made for any cause. I believe only in myself.
Jean-Paul Marat
I believe in the Revolution! We have routed out the old tyrants, and now we have new tyrants. But still I believe in the Revolution. The spoils have been grabbed by businessman, middle-men, financiers, salesmen, operators, manipulators. But the Revolution must continue.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Patrick Magee
Marquis de Sade
I
Ian Richardson
Jean-Paul Marat
M
Michael Williams
Herald
C
Clifford Rose
Monsieur Coulmier
G
Glenda Jackson
Charlotte Corday
F
Freddie Jones
Cucurucu
H
Hugh Sullivan
Kokol
J
John Hussey
Newly Rich Lady
W
William Morgan Sheppard
A Mad Animal
J
Jonathan Burn
Polpoch
J
Jeanette Landis
Rossignol
R
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Jacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)
J
John Steiner
Monsieur Dupere
J
James Mellor
Schoolmaster
H
Henry Woolf
Father
L
Leon Lissek
Lavoisier
S
Susan Williamson
Simone Evrard
M
Mary Allen
Patient
B
Brenda Kempner
Madame Coulmier
M
Mark Jones
Mother
