The Travelling Players

IMDb 7.2 1975 • 223 min • DramaWarHistory

Director

Theo Angelopoulos

Country

GR

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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)