---
title: 'Quills (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Philip Kaufman'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 124
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/quills-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180073/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Quills (2000)

2000 · 124 min · Drama, History, Romance · Germany, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Quills is a 2000 historical drama film directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from the Obie award-winning 1995 play by Doug Wright, who also wrote the original screenplay. Inspired by the life of the Marquis de Sade, the film re-imagines the last years of the Marquis's incarceration in the insane asylum at Charenton. It stars Geoffrey Rush as de Sade, Kate Winslet as laundress Madeleine "Maddie" LeClerc, Joaquin Phoenix as the Abbé de Coulmier, and Michael Caine as Dr. Royer-Collard.

## Credits

- **Editor:** [Peter Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boyle-2)
- **Director:** [Philip Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-kaufman)
- **Screenplay:** [Doug Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/doug-wright)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stephen Warbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-warbeck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rogier Stoffers](https://cinepixo.com/people/rogier-stoffers)

## Cast

- [Patrick Malahide](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-malahide)
- [Carol MacReady](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-macready)
- [Stephen Moyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-moyer)
- [Joaquin Phoenix](https://cinepixo.com/people/joaquin-phoenix) as Abbé de Coulmier
- [Amelia Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/amelia-warner)
- [Ron Cook](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-cook) as Napoleon
- [Billie Whitelaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/billie-whitelaw)
- [Kate Winslet](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-winslet) as Madeleine LeClerc
- [Pauline McLynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/pauline-mclynn)
- [Stephen Marcus](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-marcus)
- [Rebecca Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rebecca-palmer)
- [Geoffrey Rush](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-rush) as Marquis de Sade
- [Jane Menelaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-menelaus)
- [Tom Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-ward)
- [Howard Lew Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-lew-lewis)

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