The Travelling Players
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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Eva Kotamanidou
Elektra
Known for
Landscape in the Mist
The Weeping Meadow
Vangelis Kazan
Aegisthus
Known for
Landscape in the Mist
Ulysses' Gaze
Aliki Georgouli
Clytemnestra (Elektra's mother)
Known for
Landscape in the Mist
Kyriakos Katrivanos
Pylades
Known for
Landscape in the Mist
Stratos Pahis
Agamemnon (Electra's father)
Known for
Landscape in the Mist
The Beekeeper
Nina Papazaphiropoulou
Old Woman
Also in
Landscape in the Mist
The treasure of Vagia
Giannis Fyrios
Accordionist
Known for
Landscape in the Mist
Alekos Boubis
Old Man
Also in
Days of '36
Maria Vassiliou
Chrysothemis (Elektra's sister)
Also in
Evdokia
She Knew No Other Way
Grigoris Evangelatos
Poet
Known for
Landscape in the Mist
The Weeping Meadow
Petros Zarkadis
Orestis (Electra's brother)
Also in
Days of '36
The Guards of Achaia
Kostas Styliaris
Militia Leader
Also in
The Cannon and the Nightingale
Astrapogiannos
Theo Angelopoulos Director · Loukianos Kilaidonis Composer Giorgos Arvanitis Cinematographer
First release July 1, 1975 · Produced in Greece · Languages English, German, Greek
Production
Giorgos Papalios Productions
Production
Greece
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Languages
Original title
Ο θίασος
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
English · German · Greek
Release dates
Germany · July 1, 1975
Theatrical · Berlin International Film Festival
Greece · September 27, 1975
Theatrical · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
France
November 5, 1975 · Theatrical
Greece
February 9, 2023 · Theatrical · Re-issue
Netherlands
May 19, 2005 · Physical · DVD
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