The Travelling Players

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📊 Film Specifications

Director Theo Angelopoulos
Writer Theo Angelopoulos (Screenplay)
Original Title Ο θίασος
Release Date July 1, 1975
Runtime 223 min (3h 43m)
Country Greece
Language EL
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios Giorgos Papalios Productions

The Travelling Players (1975)

Directed by Theo Angelopoulos
• Written by Theo Angelopoulos
⭐ 3.6 / 5 (105 votes) ⏱️ 223 min 🎬 Drama, War, History

Ratings Breakdown:

105 ratings
0.5 Stars 5.0 Stars

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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Director Theo Angelopoulos
Theo Angelopoulos
Director
 Screenplay Theo Angelopoulos
Theo Angelopoulos
Screenplay
 Eva Kotamanidou
Eva Kotamanidou
Elektra
 Vangelis Kazan
Vangelis Kazan
Aegisthus
 Aliki Georgouli
Aliki Georgouli
Clytemnestra (Elektra's mother)
 Kyriakos Katrivanos
Kyriakos Katrivanos
Pylades
 Stratos Pahis
Stratos Pahis
Agamemnon (Electra's father)
 Nina Papazaphiropoulou
Nina Papazaphiropoulou
Old Woman
 Giannis Fyrios
Giannis Fyrios
Accordionist
 Alekos Boubis
Alekos Boubis
Old Man
 Maria Vassiliou
Maria Vassiliou
Chrysothemis (Elektra's sister)
 Grigoris Evangelatos
Grigoris Evangelatos
Poet
 Petros Zarkadis
Petros Zarkadis
Orestis (Electra's brother)
 Kostas Styliaris
Kostas Styliaris
Militia Leader