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 / United Artists ; The Royal Shakespeare Company presents Peter Brooks' production ; screen adaptation by Adrian Mitchell ; produced by Michael Birkett ; directed by Peter Brook.

The infamous Marquis de Sade, confined to an asylum, directs the other inmates in a re-enactment of the bloody assassination of French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Marat/Sade (Motion picture) Avant-garde cinema. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Main Author:	Mitchell, Adrian, 1932-2008 (Adapter, Screenwriter)
Corporate Authors:	United Artists Corporation Royal Shakespeare Company MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors:	Birkett, Michael, 1929- (Film producer) Brook, Peter, 1925- (Film director) Magee, Patrick (Actor) Richardson, Ian, 1934-2007 (Actor) Williams, Michael, 1935-2001 (Actor) Rose, Clifford, 1929- (Actor) Jackson, Glenda (Actor) Jones, Freddie, 1927-2019 (Actor) Sullivan, Hugh (Actor) Shepperd, William Morgan, 1932- (Actor) Burn, Jonathan, 1939- (Actor) Landis, Jeanette, 1928- (Actor) Langdon Lloyd, Robert (Actor) Steiner, John, 1941-2022 (Actor) Mellor, James, -1976 (Actor) Woolf, Henry, 1930-2021 (Actor) Lissek, Leon, 1927- (Actor) Kempner, Brenda (Actor, 1939-) Jones, Mark, 1939-2010 (Actor) Skelton, Geoffrey (Translator) Peaslee, Richard (composer (expression)) Gowers, Patrick, 1936-2014 (Musical director, composer (expression),) Jacobs, Sally, 1932- (Production designer) Palmstierna-Weiss, Gunilla, 1928- (Costume designer) Marshall, Ted (Art director) Goddard, Malcolm (Choreographer) Hales, John (Costume designer) Hope, Lynne (Costume designer) Priestley, Tom, 1932- (Film editor) Watkin, David, 1925-2008 (director of photography.) Weiss, Peter, 1916-1982
Language:	English Spanish French
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English or Spanish language soundtrack (mono) with optional subtitles in French and Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., [2001], ©2001.
Series:	Avant-garde cinema. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Weiss, Peter, > 1916-1982 > Film adaptations. Sade, > marquis de, > 1740-1814 > Drama. Marat, Jean Paul, > 1743-1793 > Assassination > Drama. Charenton (Hospital : Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France) > Drama. Psychiatric hospitals > France > Drama. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Drama. Drama > Therapeutic use > Drama. Films for the hearing impaired. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature. Adaptation. Historical. Drama. Film adaptations. History. Marat, Jean Paul, > 1743-1793. Sade, > marquis de, > 1740-1814. Weiss, Peter, > 1916-1982. Charenton (Hospital : Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France) 1789 - 1799 Assassination. Drama > Therapeutic use. Psychiatric hospitals. France.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature. Adaptation. Historical. History.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Peter Brook's Marat/Sade.
Format:	Video DVD

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