

The Travelling Players
1975-07-01 · 223 min · ★ 7.2
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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- Directors
- Theo Angelopoulos
- Production companies
- Giorgos Papalios Productions
- Countries
- Greece
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Eva KotamanidouElektra
Vangelis KazanAegisthus
Aliki GeorgouliClytemnestra (Elektra's mother)
Kyriakos KatrivanosPylades
Stratos PahisAgamemnon (Electra's father)
Nina PapazaphiropoulouOld Woman
Giannis FyriosAccordionist
Maria VassiliouChrysothemis (Elektra's sister)
Grigoris EvangelatosPoet
Petros ZarkadisOrestis (Electra's brother)
Nena Menti
Giorgos Mazis
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