Herostratus

Herostratus

1967•2h 22m•6.4/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(17)

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.

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Production

BBC, BFI Experimental Film Fund

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

Michael Gothard

Michael Gothard

Max

Gabriella Licudi

Gabriella Licudi

Clio

Peter Stephens

Farsons

Antony Paul

Pointer

Mona Hammond

Mona Hammond

Sandy

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

Advert Woman

Brigitte St. John

Dancer

Malcolm Muggeridge

Malcolm Muggeridge

Radio Presenter (voice)

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Poet (voice)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

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