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Herostratus(1967)
Status: Released
Date: 1967-07-10
62%
12 Votes
Time: 2h 22m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
BFI Experimental Film Fund
Movie: Herostratus
Top 10 Billed Cast
Michael Gothard
Max
Gabriella Licudi
Clio
Mona Hammond
Sandy
Helen Mirren
Advert Woman
Allen Ginsberg
Poet (voice)
Adolf Hitler
Himself [archival footage]
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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.
Release Date
1967-07-10
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