The Death of Empedocles (1987)
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
- Released
- 1987-10-14
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 from 11 votes
Cast
- Andreas von Rauch as Empedokles
- Vladimir Baratta as Pausanias
- Martina Baratta as Panthea
- Ute Cremer as Della
- Howard Vernon as Hermokrates
- William Berger as Kritias
- Federico Hecker as Die drei bürger
- Peter Boom as Die drei bürger
- Giorgio Baratta as Die drei bürger
- Georg Brintrup as Die drei Sklaven
- Achille Brugnini as Die drei Sklaven
- Manfred Esser as Die drei Sklaven