Black Sin
5.5
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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Andreas von Rauch
Empédocle
Also in
The Death of Empedocles
Communists
Vladimir Baratta
Pausanias
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The Death of Empedocles
Communists
William Lubtchansky
Friedrich Hölderlin
Howard Vernon
Manes
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Jean-Marie Straub
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Dominique Païni
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Cinématon n°333 : Dominique Païni
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Louis Hochet
Danièle Huillet
La femme (uncredited)
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Too Early / Too Late
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
Pierre Donnadieu
Christophe Pollock
Luciano Vittori
Jean-Marie Straub Director · Danièle Huillet Director Friedrich Hölderlin Author
First release May 1, 1989 · Produced in Germany · Production NDR, WDR
Production
Produktion Straub-Huillet
Production
NDR
Production
WDR
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Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor (RIAS)
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Südwestfunk
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Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk
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Germany
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Original title
Schwarze Sünde
Original language
German
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German
Release dates
France · May 1, 1989
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
April 3, 2009 · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
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