Marat/Sade

1967
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1h 59m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

2.8K

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In an insane asylum, Marquis de Sade directs Jean Paul Marat's last days through a theater play. The actors are the patients.In an insane asylum, Marquis de Sade directs Jean Paul Marat's last days through a theater play. The actors are the patients.In an insane asylum, Marquis de Sade directs Jean Paul Marat's last days through a theater play. The actors are the patients.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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10/10

freedom versus captivity - the seminal story

One must read the play and see the background of Peter Weiss in order to get the full feel of this movie. It is absolutely the best presentation of the politics of man and our inability to ever resolve the major issues of our existence. Peter Weiss has fully captured the unending struggle between the politics necessary to obtain freedom versus that which enslaves. The best parts are the discussions between Sade and Marat as to the results of freedom versus dictatorship and capitalism versus socialism. The entire story provides a voyage through the human comedy and shows the inability of humanity to ever figure out the real truth of our existence and relationship to each other and our socitey. The result is a better understanding of the sinusoidal flow of the give an take of our history.

moutona
Jan 23, 2004
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Trivia
Charenton, the asylum depicted in the film, was established in 1645 and still exists and is still in use, although it is now called the Esquirol Hospital (l'Hôpital Esquirol), named for Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, a French psychiatrist who ran the hospital in the 19th Century.

Quotes
Marquis de Sade: And what's the point of a revolution without general copulation?

Crazy credits
The opening credits - the play's title, stage credits and the actors appearing in the film - pop on the screen, one word at a time, until it is filled. The closing credits - the film's production staff - start off with a full screen of words, and they then pop off the screen, one word at a time, until it is completely empty...just as it was when the film began.

Alternate versions
The first VHS video release of the film, through Water Bearer Films, includes an expositional opening monologue over the opening titles on black.