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The Death of Empedocles
OCT 14, 1987 · 132 MIN · DIR. JEAN-MARIE STRAUB
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
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
Giorgio Baratta
Die drei bürger
Georg Brintrup
Die drei Sklaven
Achille Brugnini
Die drei Sklaven
Manfred Esser
Die drei Sklaven
Crew
Screenplay
Danièle Huillet
Screenplay
Jean-Marie Straub
Director of Photography
Renato Berta
Director of Photography
Jean-Paul Toraille
Director of Photography
Giovanni Canfarelli Modica
Editor
Jean-Marie Straub
Editor
Danièle Huillet
