The Travelling Players (1975)

7.2/10 223 min Drama War History

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.

Cast

Eva Kotamanidou

Elektra

Vangelis Kazan

Aegisthus

Aliki Georgouli

Clytemnestra (Elektra's mother)

Kiriakos Katrivanos

Pylades

Stratos Pahis

Agamemnon (Electra's father)

Nina Papazaphiropoulou

Old Woman

Giannis Fyrios

Accordionist

Maria Vassiliou

Chrysothemis (Elektra's sister)

Grigoris Evangelatos

Poet

Petros Zarkadis

Orestis (Electra's brother)

Nena Menti

Giorgos Mazis

Stelios Lionakis

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