Marat/Sade
1967 · Movie · NR · 116 min · ★ 6.1 · 88% critics
Inside an asylum in early 19th-century France, a provocative writer stages a play with the patients about a political killing from the Revolution. As the performance unfolds, it becomes a charged clash of ideas about power, morality, sanity, and society.
Based on Marat/Sade
Also known as The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
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Details
- Years
- 1967
- Release date
- 1967-02-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (36 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy intense, stage-like dramas that wrestle with politics and philosophy in a bleak, unsettling setting, especially if Cabaret appeals to you; Not for you if you want easy, fast-moving entertainment.
Pros: provocative ideas; haunting music; spellbinding atmosphere | Cons: talky pacing; feels like filmed theater; can be disturbing
Cast & crew
Patrick Magee
as Marquis de Sade
Ian Richardson
as Jean-Paul Marat
Michael Williams
as Herald
Clifford Rose
as Monsieur Coulmier
Glenda Jackson
as Charlotte Corday
Freddie Jones
as Cucurucu
- HS
Hugh Sullivan
as Kokol
John Hussey
as Newly Rich Lady
William Morgan Sheppard
as A Mad Animal
Jonathan Burn
as Polpoch
Directed by Peter Brook