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| Directed by | Peter Brook |
| Produced by | Michael Birkett |
| Written by | Peter Weiss (play) Adrian Mitchell (screenplay) Geoffrey Skelton (translation) |
| Starring | Patrick Magee Ian Richardson Michael Williams Clifford Rose Glenda Jackson Freddie Jones |
| Music by | Richard Peaslee |
| Cinematography | David Watkin |
| Editing by | Tom Priestley |
| Distributed by | United Artists Corporation |
| Release date(s) | USA February 22, 1967 UK March 8, 1967 |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Marat/Sade is a 1967 adaptation of the Peter Weiss play, 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 (German: Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade). The film, adapted by Adrian Mitchell and directed by Peter Brook, used the full title in the opening credits, though most of the publicity materials used the shortened form.
The cast included Ian Richardson, Patrick Magee, Glenda Jackson, Clifford Rose, and Freddie Jones. It was filmed at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire and released by United Artists on February 22, 1967 in the United States, and March 8, 1967 in the United Kingdom. The film's score comprised Richard Peaslee's compositions. David Watkin served as cinematographer.[1]
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Brook shared the Nastro d'Argento for Best Director of a Foreign Film with Robert Bresson, who was honored for Mouchette, and received Special Mention at the Locarno International Film Festival. The film also currently holds a 100% score of the internet metacritic site Rotten Tomatoes, although it does not have full certification of this fact on the site, due to a relatively small number of reviewers.
Peter Brook's staging from the film (left), with David's La Mort de Marat its inspiration (right).