The Death of Empedocles (1987)
2h 12m | PG-13
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
Director: Jean-Marie Straub
Studio: Janus Film und Fernsehen
Genre: Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
Andreas von Rauch
as Empedokles
Vladimir Baratta
as Pausanias
Martina Baratta
as Panthea
Ute Cremer
as Della
Howard Vernon
as Hermokrates
William Berger
as Kritias