The Death of Empedocles (1987)
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
Directors:
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet.
Writers:
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet.
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Andreas von Rauch as Empedokles |
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Vladimir Baratta as Pausanias |
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Martina Baratta as Panthea |
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Ute Cremer as Della |
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Howard Vernon as Hermokrates |
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William Berger as Kritias |
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Federico Hecker as Die drei bürger |
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Peter Boom as Die drei bürger |
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Giorgio Baratta as Die drei bürger |
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Georg Brintrup as Die drei Sklaven |
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Achille Brugnini as Die drei Sklaven |
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Manfred Esser as Die drei Sklaven |
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Hans Peter Kammerer as Der Bauer |
| Directing | Jean-Marie Straub | Director |
| Directing | Danièle Huillet | Director |
| Writing | Friedrich Hölderlin | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Jean-Marie Straub | Screenplay |
| Writing | Danièle Huillet | Screenplay |
| Camera | Renato Berta | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jean-Paul Toraille | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Giovanni Canfarelli Modica | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Louis Hochet | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Georges Vaglio | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Alessandro Zanon | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Danièle Huillet | Editor |
| Editing | Jean-Marie Straub | Editor |
