Black Sin
1989, German. Directed by Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet.
A companion piece to the earlier film ‘The Death of Empedocles’, 'Black Sin' is an adaptation of the third version of Friedrich Hölderlin’s play ‘Der Tod des Empedokles’.
- Runtime
- 0h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 1 May 1989
- Original title
- Schwarze Sünde
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
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Black Sin runs 42 minutes (0h 42m).
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Black Sin isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 May 1989. (Checked 2 November 2026.)
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Who directed Black Sin?
Black Sin (1989) was directed by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet and stars Andreas von Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Howard Vernon.