The Death of Empedocles
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
Andreas von Rauch
Empedokles
Vladimir Baratta
Pausanias
Martina Baratta
Panthea
Ute Cremer
Della
Howard Vernon
Hermokrates
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
Jean-Paul Toraille
Director of Photography
Giovanni Canfarelli Modica
Director of Photography
Louis Hochet
Sound Recordist
Danièle Huillet
Editor
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