Black Sin

Black Sin

42 mins | Drama | May 1, 1989

A companion piece to the earlier film ‘The Death of Empedocles’, 'Black Sin' is an adaptation of the third version of Friedrich Hölderlin’s play ‘Der Tod Des Empedokles’.

Black Sin

42 mins | Drama | May 1, 1989

Black Sin
A companion piece to the earlier film ‘The Death of Empedocles’, 'Black Sin' is an adaptation of the third version of Friedrich Hölderlin’s play ‘Der Tod Des Empedokles’.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, NDR, Südwestfunk (SWF), Produktion Straub-Huillet, Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor (RIAS)
Original title Schwarze Sünde
Directors Arnold Schmidt, Roberto Pali, Leo Mingrone, Michael Esser, Hans Hurch, Francesco Ragusa, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Writers Friedrich Hölderlin, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub

Cast

Andreas von Rauch

as Empédocle

Vladimir Baratta

as Pausanias

Howard Vernon

as Manes

Danièle Huillet

as La femme (uncredited)