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The Travelling Players (1975)

The Travelling Players (1975)

Drama History War
Release Date: 1975, July 1
Directors: Theo Angelopoulos
Countries: Greece
Production: Giorgos Papalios Productions
Cast: Stratos Pahis, Vasilis Tsaglos, Eva Kotamanidou, Grigoris Evangelatos, Giannis Fyrios, Vangelis Kazan, Nina Papazaphiropoulou, Aliki Georgouli, Petros Zarkadis, Kiriakos Katrivanos, Alekos Boubis, Maria Vassiliou

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.

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