The Death of Empedocles

Name: The Death of Empedocles
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987-10-14
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Andreas von Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Martina Baratta, Ute Cremer, Howard Vernon

19872h 12mGerman

Drama

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5.5

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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StatusReleased

Release Date1987-10-14

DirectorJean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

ScreenplayJean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

StudioJanus Film und Fernsehen, Les Films du Losange, HR

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