The Death of Empedocles

The Death of Empedocles

5.5/10 October 14, 1987 132 min

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 Cast

Andreas von Rauch

Andreas von Rauch

Empedokles

Vladimir Baratta

Vladimir Baratta

Pausanias

Martina Baratta

Martina Baratta

Panthea

Ute Cremer

Ute Cremer

Della

Howard Vernon

Howard Vernon

Hermokrates

William Berger

William Berger

Kritias

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