The Death of Empedocles

The Death of Empedocles

★ 5.3

Release Date:
Oct 14, 1987

Runtime:
2h 12m

Genres:
Drama

Description

Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.

Director: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Writer: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Stars: Andreas von Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Martina Baratta
Production: Janus Film und Fernsehen, Les Films du Losange, HR

Cast

Andreas von Rauch
Empedokles
Vladimir Baratta
Pausanias
Martina Baratta
Panthea
Ute Cremer
Della
Howard Vernon
Howard Vernon
Hermokrates
William Berger
William Berger
Kritias
Federico Hecker
Die drei bürger
Peter Boom
Peter Boom
Die drei bürger
Giorgio Baratta
Die drei bürger
Georg Brintrup
Die drei Sklaven
Achille Brugnini
Achille Brugnini
Die drei Sklaven
Manfred Esser
Die drei Sklaven
Hans Peter Kammerer
Der Bauer

Crew View All

Jean-Marie Straub
Jean-Marie Straub
Director
Danièle Huillet
Danièle Huillet
Director
Renato Berta
Renato Berta
Director of Photography
Jean-Paul Toraille
Director of Photography
Giovanni Canfarelli Modica
Director of Photography
Louis Hochet
Sound Recordist
Georges Vaglio
Sound Recordist
Alessandro Zanon
Sound Recordist
Friedrich Hölderlin
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