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The Death of Empedocles
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The Death of Empedocles

1987 · drama · movie8.73 ratings

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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cast

Andreas von Rauch

Empedokles

Vladimir Baratta

Pausanias

Martina Baratta

Panthea

Ute Cremer

Della

Howard Vernon

Howard Vernon

Hermokrates

William Berger

William Berger

Kritias

Federico Hecker

Die drei bürger

Peter Boom

Peter Boom

Die drei bürger

Giorgio Baratta

Die drei bürger

Georg Brintrup

Die drei Sklaven

Achille Brugnini

Achille Brugnini

Die drei Sklaven

Manfred Esser

Die drei Sklaven

director

Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

information

genres

drama

original title

Der Tod des Empedokles