Movie Settings Database

Marat/Sade

Where:

🇫🇷 France

When:

The 18th Century The 1800s

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.

Released in 1967 — 116 minutes

Genres:

Music Drama History

Language:

English