1987
5.3 (9 votes)
2h 12m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Janus Film und Fernsehen
Les Films du Losange
HR
Les Films du Losange
HR
The Death of Empedocles (Der Tod des Empedokles)
Overview
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
Key Crew
Director: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Screenplay: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Director of Photography: Renato Berta, Giovanni Canfarelli Modica, Jean-Paul Toraille
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
