The Death of Empedocles

Name: The Death of Empedocles
Director: Jean-Marie Straub
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987-10-14
Duration: 132 min
Cast: Andreas von Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Martina Baratta, Ute Cremer, Howard Vernon

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1987 · 132 min · Drama · TMDB 5.5/10

Overview

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

Directed by Jean-Marie Straub

Cast

Andreas von Rauch — Empedokles
Vladimir Baratta — Pausanias
Martina Baratta — Panthea
Ute Cremer — Della
Howard Vernon — Hermokrates