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The Travelling Players

  • 1975
  • TMDB 7.2/10
  • 3h 43m

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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Overview

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.

Cast

  • Eva KotamanidouElektra
  • Vangelis KazanAegisthus
  • Aliki GeorgouliClytemnestra (Elektra's mother)
  • Kyriakos KatrivanosPylades
  • Stratos PahisAgamemnon (Electra's father)
  • Nina PapazaphiropoulouOld Woman
  • Giannis FyriosAccordionist
  • Alekos BoubisOld Man

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