The Brig

Name: The Brig
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1964
Duration: 68 min
Rating: 6.727

1964 · 68 min

War · Drama

★ 6.7

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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.

Crew

Director Jonas Mekas
Writer Kenneth H. Brown
Director of Photography Jonas Mekas

Cast

Warren Finnerty
Lintz
H
Henry Howard
Cpt. Grace
T
Tom Lilard
Warden
J
James Tiroff
Prisoner No.1
S
Steven Ben Israel
Prisoner No.2
R
Rufus Collins
Prisoner No.3
G
Gene Lipton
Prisoner No.4
M
Michael Elias
Prisoner No.5
W
William Shari
Prisoner No.6
V
Viktor Allen
Prisoner No.7
George Bartenieff
Prisoner No.8
G
Gene Gordon
Prisoner No.9

Crew

Director — Jonas Mekas
Writer — Kenneth H. Brown
Director of Photography — Jonas Mekas

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