14 October 1987 Drama 132 mins
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
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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
Hans Peter Kammerer as Der Bauer
Jean-Marie Straub Director
Danièle Huillet Director
Friedrich Hölderlin Theatre Play
Jean-Marie Straub Screenplay
Danièle Huillet Screenplay
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
Danièle Huillet Editor
Jean-Marie Straub Editor
The Death of Empedocles Trailer
France 14 October 1987
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