The Death of Empedocles

1987

2h 12m

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

Writers

Friedrich Hölderlin(theatre play by)
Danièle Huillet(screenplay by)
Jean-Marie Straub(screenplay by)
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Howard Vernon
Hermokrates
Federico Hecker
Die drei bürger
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Peter Boom
Die drei bürger
Giorgio Baratta
Die drei bürger
Georg Brintrup
Die drei Sklaven
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Achille Brugnini
Die drei Sklaven
Manfred Esser
Die drei Sklaven

Writers

Friedrich Hölderlin(theatre play by)
Danièle Huillet(screenplay by)
Jean-Marie Straub(screenplay by)

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Release date

October 14, 1987 (United States)

Country of origin

Germany

Language

German

Production companies

Janus Film und Fernsehen
Les Films du Losange

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