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.
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
Alekos Boubis
Old Man
Maria Vassiliou
Chrysothemis (Elektra's sister)
Grigoris Evangelatos
Poet
Petros Zarkadis
Orestis (Electra's brother)
Kostas Styliaris
Militia Leader
Nena Menti
Giorgos Mazis
Costas Messaris
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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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