The Brig

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.

War Drama

Warren Finnerty

(Lintz)

Henry Howard

(Cpt. Grace)

Tom Lilard

(Warden)

James Tiroff

(Prisoner No.1)

Steven Ben Israel

(Prisoner No.2)

Rufus Collins

(Prisoner No.3)

Gene Lipton

(Prisoner No.4)

Michael Elias

(Prisoner No.5)

William Shari

(Prisoner No.6)

Viktor Allen

(Prisoner No.7)

George Bartenieff

(Prisoner No.8)

Gene Gordon

(Prisoner No.9)

Mark Duffy

(Prisoner No.10)

Henry Proach

(New Prisoner)

Carl Einhorn

(Prisoner Chaser)

Luke Theodore

(Prisoner Chaser)

Jim Anderson

(Tepperman)