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The Death of Empedocles

5.519872h 12mMovieDrama

Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.

DirectorsJean-Marie Straub·Danièle Huillet
WritersJean-Marie Straub·Danièle Huillet

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Cast · Directed by Jean-Marie Straub

AR
Andreas von Rauch
Empedokles
VB
Vladimir Baratta
Pausanias
MB
Martina Baratta
Panthea
UC
Ute Cremer
Della
HVHoward Vernon
Howard Vernon
Hermokrates
WBWilliam Berger
William Berger
Kritias
FH
Federico Hecker
Die drei bürger
PBPeter Boom
Peter Boom
Die drei bürger
GB
Giorgio Baratta
Die drei bürger
GB
Georg Brintrup
Die drei Sklaven
ABAchille Brugnini
Achille Brugnini
Die drei Sklaven
ME
Manfred Esser
Die drei Sklaven

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The Death of Empedocles hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 2, 1987. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.