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’.
| Directing | Jean-Marie Straub | Director |
| Directing | Danièle Huillet | Director |
| Camera | Giovanni Canfarelli Modica | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Louis Hochet | Sound |
| Directing | Michael Esser | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Leo Mingrone | Assistant Director |
| Production | Danièle Huillet | Producer |
| Directing | Francesco Ragusa | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Pierre Donnadieu | Boom Operator |
| Directing | Roberto Pali | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Alessandro Zanon | Sound |
| Directing | Hans Hurch | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Luciano Vittori | Color Timer |
| Writing | Friedrich Hölderlin | Theatre Play |
| Editing | Danièle Huillet | Editor |
| Editing | Jean-Marie Straub | Editor |
| Directing | Arnold Schmidt | Assistant Director |
| Production | Dominique Païni | Producer |
| Production | Jean-Marie Straub | Producer |
| Camera | Christophe Pollock | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | William Lubtchansky | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Jean-Marie Straub | Screenplay |
| Writing | Danièle Huillet | Screenplay |
