The Travelling Players (1975)
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.
- Released
- 1975-07-01
- Genres
- Drama, War, History
- Runtime
- 223 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Theo Angelopoulos, Theo Angelopoulos
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 105 votes
Cast
- Eva Kotamanidou as Elektra
- Vangelis Kazan as Aegisthus
- Aliki Georgouli as Clytemnestra (Elektra's mother)
- Kyriakos Katrivanos as Pylades
- Stratos Pahis as Agamemnon (Electra's father)
- Nina Papazaphiropoulou as Old Woman
- Giannis Fyrios as Accordionist
- Alekos Boubis as Old Man
- Maria Vassiliou as Chrysothemis (Elektra's sister)
- Grigoris Evangelatos as Poet
- Petros Zarkadis as Orestis (Electra's brother)
- Kostas Styliaris as Militia Leader