The Death of Empedocles

The Death of Empedocles

1987
★★★☆☆ 5.3/10
⏱️ 132 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 DE
Drama
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.

Cast

Andreas von Rauch
Andreas von Rauch
Empedokles
Vladimir Baratta
Vladimir Baratta
Pausanias
Martina Baratta
Martina Baratta
Panthea
Ute Cremer
Ute Cremer
Della
Howard Vernon
Howard Vernon
Hermokrates
William Berger
William Berger
Kritias

Crew

Director
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Writer
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

Production

Janus Film und Fernsehen, Les Films du Losange, HR

Keywords

woman director