The Death of Empedocles
53 %|Oct 14, 1987|Drama
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
Featured Crew
Jean-Marie Straub
Director
Danièle Huillet
Director
Friedrich Hölderlin
Theatre Play
Danièle Huillet
Screenplay
Jean-Marie Straub
Screenplay
Alessandro Zanon
Sound Recordist
Jean-Marie Straub
Editor
Renato Berta
Director of Photography
Cast
Andreas von Rauch
Empedokles
Vladimir Baratta
Pausanias
Martina Baratta
Panthea
Ute Cremer
Della
Howard Vernon
Hermokrates
William Berger
Kritias
Federico Hecker
Die drei bürger
Peter Boom
Die drei bürger
Giorgio Baratta
Die drei bürger
Georg Brintrup
Die drei Sklaven
Achille Brugnini
Die drei Sklaven
Manfred Esser
Die drei Sklaven
Hans Peter Kammerer
Der Bauer