Movie
The Travelling Players
A traveling theatre troupe tours the Greek countryside from 1939 to the early 1950s, staging “Golfo the Shepherdess”. As the years pass, its members endure persecution, betrayal, executions, and exile. Their personal stories become entangled with the country’s major historical events, in a seemingly endless cycle of violence and loss.
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Synopsis
A traveling theatre troupe tours the Greek countryside from 1939 to the early 1950s, staging “Golfo the Shepherdess”. As the years pass, its members endure persecution, betrayal, executions, and exile. Their personal stories become entangled with the country’s major historical events, in a seemingly endless cycle of violence and loss.
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More about The Travelling Players
Cast
Eva KotamanidouElektra
Vangelis KazanAegisthus
Aliki GeorgouliClytemnestra (Elektra's mother)
Kiriakos KatrivanosPylades
Stratos PahisAgamemnon (Electra's father)
Nina PapazaphiropoulouOld Woman
Giannis FyriosAccordionistCredits
- Directed by
- Theo Angelopoulos
- Written by
- Theo Angelopoulos
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Greek
- Original title
- Ο θίασος
Production
- Giorgos Papalios ProductionsGreece