The Death of Empedocles (1987)
1987 · 2h 12m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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
Writers: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Cinematography: Renato Berta, Jean-Paul Toraille
Editor: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Cast
Andreas von Rauch as EmpedoklesVladimir Baratta as PausaniasMartina Baratta as PantheaUte Cremer as DellaHoward Vernon as HermokratesWilliam Berger as KritiasFederico Hecker as Die drei bürgerPeter Boom as Die drei bürgerGiorgio Baratta as Die drei bürgerGeorg Brintrup as Die drei SklavenAchille Brugnini as Die drei SklavenManfred Esser as Die drei SklavenMore like this
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