The Travelling Players

1975 · directed by Theo Angelopoulos

Rating
80/100
Hit
yes

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.

The Travelling Players (1975), directed by Theo Angelopoulos, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Eva Kotamanidou
  • Vangelis Kazan
  • Aliki Georgouli
  • Kyriakos Katrivanos
  • Stratos Pahis
  • Nina Papazaphiropoulou
  • Giannis Fyrios
  • Alekos Boubis
  • Maria Vassiliou
  • Grigoris Evangelatos

Crew

  • Giorgos Arvanitis — Director of Photography
  • Giorgos Triandafyllou — Editor
  • Takis Davlopoulos — Editor
  • Loukianos Kilaidonis — Original Music Composer
  • Theo Angelopoulos — Screenplay

More from Theo Angelopoulos

  1. Eternity and a Day (1998) — 87/100 · hit
  2. Lumière & Company (1995) — 80/100 · hit
  3. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
  4. Landscape in the Mist (1988) — 75/100
  5. The Weeping Meadow (2004) — 74/100
  6. Voyage to Cythera (1984) — 74/100

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