The Travelling Players

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Theo Angelopoulos

Featured Cast

Eva Kotamanidou

Elektra

Vangelis Kazan

Aegisthus

Aliki Georgouli

Clytemnestra (Elektra's mother)

Kiriakos Katrivanos

Pylades

Stratos Pahis

Agamemnon (Electra's father)

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