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Black Sin

May 1, 1989 · 42m
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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’.

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CAST

Andreas von Rauch
Empédocle
Vladimir Baratta
Pausanias
Howard Vernon
Manes
Danièle Huillet
La femme (uncredited)
Directed by Jean-Marie Straub

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Status
Released
Original language
DE
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Produktion Straub-Huillet, NDR, WDR, Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor (RIAS), Südwestfunk
Country
DE

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