The Brig
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Jonas Mekas’s film captures The Living Theatre’s stage production of The Brig, an unflinching portrait of life inside a U.S. Marine Corps jail in Japan in 1957. Over the course of a single day, prisoners endure relentless drills, abuse, and dehumanization, exposing the brutality of military discipline with stark immediacy.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1964-09-20
Runtime: 68 mins
Director: Jonas Mekas
Writer: Kenneth H. Brown
Spoken language: English
Genres: War, Drama
Original title: The Brig
Production Companies: White Line Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Warren Finnerty
Henry Howard
Tom Lilard
James Tiroff
Steven Ben Israel
Rufus Collins
Gene Lipton
Michael Elias
William Shari
Viktor Allen
George Bartenieff
Gene Gordon
Mark Duffy
Henry Proach
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