The Death of Empedocles
1987, German. Directed by Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet.
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Jean-Marie StraubDirector
- Danièle HuilletDirector
- Andreas von RauchEmpedokles
- Vladimir BarattaPausanias
- Martina BarattaPanthea
- Ute CremerDella
- Howard VernonHermokrates
- William BergerKritias
- Federico HeckerDie drei bürger
- Peter BoomDie drei bürger
- Giorgio BarattaDie drei bürger
- Georg BrintrupDie drei Sklaven
- Achille BrugniniDie drei Sklaven
- Manfred EsserDie drei Sklaven
Details
- Released
- 14 October 1987
- Original title
- Der Tod des Empedokles
- Country
- Germany, France
- Written by
- Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
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The Death of Empedocles runs 132 minutes (2h 12m).
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The Death of Empedocles isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 October 1987. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Death of Empedocles?
The Death of Empedocles (1987) was directed by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet and stars Andreas von Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Martina Baratta.