
The Death of Empedocles
Drama
Overview
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
Top Cast
Andreas von Rauch
Andreas von Rauch
Empedokles
Andreas von Rauch
Empedokles
Vladimir Baratta
Vladimir Baratta
Pausanias
Vladimir Baratta
Pausanias
Martina Baratta
Martina Baratta
Panthea
Martina Baratta
Panthea
Ute Cremer
Ute Cremer
Della
Ute Cremer
Della


Howard Vernon
Howard Vernon
Hermokrates
Howard Vernon
Hermokrates


William Berger
William Berger
Kritias
William Berger
Kritias
Federico Hecker
Federico Hecker
Die drei bürger
Federico Hecker
Die drei bürger


Peter Boom
Peter Boom
Die drei bürger
Peter Boom
Die drei bürger
Giorgio Baratta
Giorgio Baratta
Die drei bürger
Giorgio Baratta
Die drei bürger
Georg Brintrup
Georg Brintrup
Die drei Sklaven
Georg Brintrup
Die drei Sklaven
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