The Death of Empedocles

The Death of Empedocles

The Death of Empedocles

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The Death of Empedocles

1987

2h 12m

5.5(11 votes)

Drama

Overview

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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Production Companies

Les Films du Losange

Cast & Crew

13 members

Acting

Andreas von Rauch

Empedokles

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Vladimir Baratta

Pausanias

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Martina Baratta

Panthea

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Ute Cremer

Della

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Howard Vernon

Hermokrates

Howard Vernon

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William Berger

Kritias

William Berger

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Federico Hecker

Die drei bürger

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Peter Boom

Die drei bürger

Peter Boom

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Giorgio Baratta

Die drei bürger

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Directing

Georg Brintrup

Die drei Sklaven

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Achille Brugnini

Die drei Sklaven

Achille Brugnini

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Manfred Esser

Die drei Sklaven

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Hans Peter Kammerer

Der Bauer

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