Drama
The Death of Empedocles
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
Directed by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
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User score
11 votes
Status
Released
Released
October 14, 1987
Runtime
2h 12m
Language
German
Top cast
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
Hans Peter Kammerer
Der Bauer
