The Travelling Players

Jul 1, 1975

3h 43m

★ 7.2

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.

Genres

Drama

War

History

Production Companies

Giorgos Papalios Productions

The Travelling Players Trailers

Cast

Elektra

Eva Kotamanidou

Aegisthus

Vangelis Kazan

Clytemnestra (Elektra's mother)

Aliki Georgouli

Pylades

Kiriakos Katrivanos

Agamemnon (Electra's father)

Stratos Pahis

Old Woman

Nina Papazaphiropoulou

Accordionist

Giannis Fyrios

Old Man

Alekos Boubis

Chrysothemis (Elektra's sister)

Maria Vassiliou

Poet

Grigoris Evangelatos

Orestis (Electra's brother)

Petros Zarkadis

Militia Leader

Kostas Styliaris

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