Directed by:
Philip KaufmanCinematography:
Rogier StoffersComposer:
Stephen WarbeckCast:
Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Malahide, Amelia Warner, Stephen Moyer, Tony Pritchard, Michael Jenn (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Rush gives a tour-de-force performance as history's most infamous sexual adventurer, the Marquis de Sade. A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid (Winslet) smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest (Phoenix). The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor (Caine) tries to put an end to the fun, inadvertently stoking the excitement to a fever pitch. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Geoffrey Rush](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/742/162742319_cc2fea.jpg)
Geoffrey Rush
Australia
Best movies:
Finding Nemo (2003)
The King's Speech (2010)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
![Kate Winslet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/212/163212074_ba0773.jpg)
Kate Winslet
UK
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Finding Neverland (2004)
![Joaquin Phoenix](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/126/164126958_70790c.jpg)
Joaquin Phoenix
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Joker (2019)
![Michael Caine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/119/164119074_392562.jpg)
Michael Caine
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Inception (2010)
Le Prestige (2006)
![Billie Whitelaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270447_7a91b2.jpg)
Billie Whitelaw
UK
Best movies:
The Omen (1976)
The Water Babies (1978)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
![Patrick Malahide](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/313/159313828_80d847.jpg)
Patrick Malahide
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Billy Elliot (2000)
The Killing Fields (1984)
![Amelia Warner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271564_5bdd83.jpg)
Amelia Warner
UK
Best movies:
Quills (2000)
Love's Brother (2004)
Mansfield Park (1999)
![Stephen Moyer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/055/162055469_c8417c.jpg)
Stephen Moyer
UK
Best movies:
Uprising (2001) (TV movie)
Quills (2000)
Concussion (2015)
![Tony Pritchard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/289/165289864_98481a.jpg)
Tony Pritchard
Best movies:
Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV movie)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Quills (2000)
![Michael Jenn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/936/159936996_470188.jpg)
Michael Jenn
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Unleashed (2005)
![George Antoni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/633/158633999_96b723.jpg)
George Antoni
Best movies:
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
![Stephen Marcus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/529/161529682_70a759.jpg)
Stephen Marcus
UK
Best movies:
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
Hogfather (2006) (TV movie)
![Elizabeth Berrington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964260_582707.jpg)
Elizabeth Berrington
UK
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
In Bruges (2008)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Edward Felix Pole Tudor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/121/161121164_83e9b9.jpg)
Edward Felix Pole Tudor
UK
Best movies:
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Harry Jones
Best movies:
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Quills (2000)
Bridget McConnell
Best movies:
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (1999) - a.f.
![Pauline McLynn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/025/161025491_09e4d3.jpg)
Pauline McLynn
Ireland
Best movies:
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Angela's Ashes (1999)
Quills (2000)
Rebecca Palmer
Best movies:
Wire in the Blood (2002) (series)
Quills (2000)
The Stratosphere Girl (2004)
Toby Sawyer
UK
Best movies:
Quills (2000)
Alex Avery
UK
Best movies:
War Horse (2014) (theatrical recording)
Quills (2000)
Death In Holy Orders (2003) (series)