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.
The Death of Empedocles (1987)
Jean-Marie Straub
At a glance
Countries
Germany, France
Ratings
TMDB users
5.5/10
11 votes
IMDb
6.4/10
Users
Rating consensus
60/100 blend
Sources: TMDB · IMDb
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~60/100 across 2 rating sources. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Andreas von Rauch
Empedokles
Vladimir Baratta
Pausanias
Martina Baratta
Panthea
Ute Cremer
Della
Howard Vernon
Hermokrates
William Berger
Kritias
Federico Hecker
Die drei bürger
Peter Boom
Die drei bürger
Giorgio Baratta
Die drei bürger
Georg Brintrup
Die drei Sklaven
Achille Brugnini
Die drei Sklaven
Manfred Esser
Die drei Sklaven
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The Death of Empedocles (1987)
Jean-Marie Straub
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