The Death of Empedocles

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

Country Germany

Production Countries France , Germany

Language German

Spoken Language German

Gnere Drama

Production Companies HR , Les Films du Losange , Janus Film und Fernsehen

Release Date 14 October 1987

132 mins