The Travelling Players

The Travelling Players

1975 · 223 min · EL · 7.2 (105 votes)
Dir. Theo Angelopoulos · Starring Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Aliki Georgouli, Kyriakos Katrivanos, Stratos Pahis, Nina Papazaphiropoulou · Music Loukianos Kilaidonis
DramaWarHistory

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.

VIBE

A sprawling, contemplative epic where art mirrors life amidst civil strife. It feels like a long, winding road through a war-torn landscape, where performance and reality blur into a poignant, often somber, reflection on Greece's fractured soul.

melancholicintrospectivewistfulsomberslow-burnepicarthousepolitical cinemahistorical dramaart vs. lifepolitical disillusionmentresistancememory
civil warelection campaignspyfascismgreeceartistconflict