The Travelling Players

The Travelling Players

1975•3h 43m•7.2/10

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7.2/10(91)

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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Production

Giorgos Papalios Productions

Language

EL

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Eva Kotamanidou

Eva Kotamanidou

Elektra

Vangelis Kazan

Vangelis Kazan

Aegisthus

Aliki Georgouli

Aliki Georgouli

Clytemnestra (Elektra's mother)

Kiriakos Katrivanos

Kiriakos Katrivanos

Pylades

Stratos Pahis

Stratos Pahis

Agamemnon (Electra's father)

Nina Papazaphiropoulou

Nina Papazaphiropoulou

Old Woman

Giannis Fyrios

Giannis Fyrios

Accordionist

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

Militia Leader

Nena Menti

Nena Menti

Giorgos Mazis

Giorgos Mazis

Costas Messaris

Stelios Lionakis

Stelios Lionakis

Yorgos Kafkas

Giannis Kafaloukos

Kostas Mandilas

Minas Konstantopoulos

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