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Black Sin
Black Sin
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Black Sin

Original Title: Schwarze Sünde

1989
42m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1989

Runtime

42m

Storyline

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’.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
42m
May 1, 1989
Languages
German
Director
Jean-Marie Straub
Jean-Marie Straub
Danièle Huillet
Danièle Huillet
Production
Produktion Straub-Huillet
Produktion Straub-Huillet
NDR
NDR
WDR
WDR
Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor (RIAS)
Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor (RIAS)
Südwestfunk
Südwestfunk
Production Countries
Germany

Top Cast

4 Cast Members

Andreas von Rauch

Empédocle

Vladimir Baratta

Pausanias

Howard Vernon

Howard Vernon

Manes

Danièle Huillet

Danièle Huillet

La femme (uncredited)

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