The Death of Empedocles (1987)
Der Tod des Empedokles
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
- Date of release
- 1987-10-14
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Casting
- Andreas von Rauch — Empedokles
- Vladimir Baratta — Pausanias
- Martina Baratta — Panthea
- Ute Cremer — Della
- Howard Vernon — Hermokrates
- William Berger — Kritias
- Federico Hecker — Die drei bürger
- Peter Boom — Die drei bürger
- Giorgio Baratta — Die drei bürger
- Georg Brintrup — Die drei Sklaven
- Achille Brugnini — Die drei Sklaven
- Manfred Esser — Die drei Sklaven
Interesting facts
The Death of Empedocles is a 1987 West German drama film directed by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub. It was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.
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