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The Travelling Players
Ο Θίασος
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos
1975•3h 43m•NR•★ 7.2
Drama / History / War
Synopsis
Between 1939 and 1952—spanning the Metaxas dictatorship, Italian invasion, Nazi occupation, liberation, and the bloody Greek Civil War—an itinerant theatre troupe wanders the provinces endlessly attempting to perform a 19th-century pastoral romance 'Golfo the Shepherdess', acting out the ancient curse of the House of Atreus through Greek political history in 80 monumental tracking shots. Theo Angelopoulos' Cannes FIPRESCI Prize-winning 4-hour historical summit.
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DirectorTheo Angelopoulos
WriterTheo Angelopoulos
CinematographyGiorgos Arvanitis
MusicLoukianos KilaidonisLoukianos Kilaidonis
Principal Cast
Eva KotamanidouElektra
Vangelis KazanAegisthus
Aliki GeorgouliClytemnestra (Elektra's mother)
Kyriakos KatrivanosPylades
Stratos PahisAgamemnon (Electra's father)
Nina PapazaphiropoulouOld Woman
Giannis FyriosAccordionist
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Runtime3h 43m (223 mins)
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DirectorTheo Angelopoulos
LanguagesGreek
CountryGR
StudioGiorgos Papalios Productions
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