The Death of Empedocles (1987)

10/14/1987 (DE) • 2h 12m

Drama

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Howard Vernon

Hermokrates

Federico Hecker

Die drei bürger

Peter Boom

Die drei bürger

Giorgio Baratta

Die drei bürger


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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

woman director

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