The Brig
Jonas Mekas1964-09-20
6.6
68 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Warren Finnerty | Lintz | Unowned |
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Henry Howard | Cpt. Grace | Unowned |
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Tom Lilard | Warden | Unowned |
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James Tiroff | Prisoner No.1 | Unowned |
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Steven Ben Israel | Prisoner No.2 | Unowned |
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Rufus Collins | Prisoner No.3 | Unowned |
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Gene Lipton | Prisoner No.4 | Unowned |
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Michael Elias | Prisoner No.5 | Unowned |
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William Shari | Prisoner No.6 | Unowned |
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Viktor Allen | Prisoner No.7 | Unowned |
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George Bartenieff | Prisoner No.8 | Unowned |
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Gene Gordon | Prisoner No.9 | Unowned |
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Mark Duffy | Prisoner No.10 | Unowned |
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Henry Proach | New Prisoner | Unowned |
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Carl Einhorn | Prisoner Chaser | Unowned |
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Luke Theodore | Prisoner Chaser | Unowned |
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Jim Anderson | Tepperman | Unowned |