Herostratus
1967•2h 22m•6.4/10
Drama
Ratings
🎬TMDb
6.4/10(18)
When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture.
Production
BBC, BFI Experimental Film Fund
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
Cast
Michael Gothard
Max
Gabriella Licudi
Clio
Peter Stephens
Farsons
Antony Paul
Pointer
Mona Hammond
Sandy
Helen Mirren
Advert Woman
Brigitte St. John
Dancer
Malcolm Muggeridge
Radio Presenter (voice)
Allen Ginsberg
Poet (voice)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
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