The Death of Empedocles

The Death of Empedocles

132 mins | Drama | Oct. 14, 1987

Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin's 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedoclus, the legislator in Ancient Greece.

The Death of Empedocles

132 mins | Drama | Oct. 14, 1987

The Death of Empedocles
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin's 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedoclus, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Les Films du Losange, Janus Film und Fernsehen, HR
Original title Der Tod des Empedokles
Directors Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Writers Friedrich Hölderlin, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub

Cast

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