The Travelling Players (1975)
O thiasos (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 3h 50min
- Drama, History
- 13 Oct 1975 (Greece)
- Movie
- 12 wins & 2 nominations.
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Cast
Directed by
Theodoros Angelopoulos |
Written by
Theodoros Angelopoulos | ... | () |
Produced by
Giorgos Papalios | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Loukianos Kilaidonis |
Cinematography by
Giorgos Arvanitis |
Editing by
Takis Davlopoulos |
Editorial Department
Giorgos Stamou | ... | color correction |
Giannis Stefanou | ... | assistant editor |
Set Decoration by
Mikes Karapiperis |
Costume Design by
Mikes Karapiperis |
Makeup Department
Yiorgos Stavrakakis | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Lefteris Haronitis | ... | production manager |
Hristos Paligiannopoulos | ... | production manager |
Giorgis Samiotis | ... | general production manager (as Giorgos Samiotis) |
Stefanos Vlachos | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Takis Katselis | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Giorgos Koliopanos | ... | prop master |
Nikos Papadakis | ... | set dresser |
Nikos Triantafyllopoulos | ... | set dresser |
Sound Department
Thanassis Arvanitis | ... | sound mixer / sound recordist |
Ilias Panagiotopoulos | ... | sound mixer / sound recordist |
Giorgos Triandafyllou | ... | sound editor |
Special Effects by
Giannis Samiotis | ... | special effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
Giorgos Alexopoulos | ... | electrician |
Vasilis Hristomoglou | ... | assistant camera |
Stavros Partheniadis | ... | electrician |
Grigoris Samiotis | ... | electrician |
Aristeidis Valsamidis | ... | electrician |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nikos Papadakis | ... | assistant costume designer |
Giorgos Patsas | ... | Model Maker |
Nikos Triantafyllopoulos | ... | assistant costume designer |
Music Department
Andreas Chekouras | ... | musician: accordion |
Dimitris Kaberidis | ... | singer |
Loukianos Kilaidonis | ... | music supervisor |
Ioanna Kiourtsoglou | ... | singer |
Nena Menti | ... | singer |
Costas Messaris | ... | singer |
Script and Continuity Department
G. Bazinas | ... | script supervisor |
Lambros Papadimitrakis | ... | script supervisor |
Takis Papagiannidis | ... | script supervisor |
Yannis Smaragdis | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Fotos Lambrinos | ... | associate: song and text collection |
Periklis Sotiriou | ... | titles |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Damaskinos-Mihailidis (DM) [gr] (1975) (Greece) (theatrical)
- France Eigasha (1979) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Italnoleggio Cinematografico (1977) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Movie Picture Enterprises (1983) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- New Star (2023) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Polfilm (1987) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Victor Michailides (1975) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Artificial Eye (1976) (United Kingdom) (subtitled)
- Audio Visual Enterprises (1985) (Greece) (VHS)
- Homescreen (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Kinokuniya shoten (2004) (Japan) (DVD) (DVD box set)
- NHK-BS2 (1991) (Japan) (tv) (2 parts)
- New Star (2006) (Greece) (DVD)
- Toei Video (2014) (Japan) (DVD)
- trigon-film (2010) (Austria)
- trigon-film (2010) (Germany)
- trigon-film (2010) (Switzerland) (DVD) (special edition)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Finos Film (post-production facilities)
- Optical Studios (post-production facilities)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
A group of traveling players peregrinates through Greece attempting to perform the popular erotic drama Golfo The Shepherdess. In a first level the film focuses on the historical events between 1939 and 1952 as they are experienced by the traveling players and as they affect the villages which they visit: The last year of Metaxas' fascist dictatorship, the war against the Italians, the Nazi occupation, the liberation, the civil war between left and right wingers, the British and American interventionism in the Greek politics. In a second level the characters live their own drama of jealousy and betrayal, with its roots in the ancient myth of the House of Atreus. Agamemnon, a Greek refugee from Minor Asia, goes to war against the Italians in 1940, joins the resistance against the Germans, and is executed by them after being betrayed by Clytemnestra and Aegisthos. Aegisthos, Clytemnestra's lover, is an informer and collaborator working with the German occupiers. Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, fights on the side of the leftists, avenges his father's death by killing his mother and Aegisthos. He is arrested in 1949 for his guerrilla activities and is executed in prison in 1951. Electra, his sister, helps the leftists and aids her brother in avenging the treachery of their mother and Aegisthos. After the death of Orestes she continues the work of the troupe and her relationship with Pylades. Chrysotheme, Electra's younger sister, collaborates with the Germans, prostitutes herself during the occupation, sides with the British during liberation, and later marries an American. Pylades, close friend of Orestes, is a Communist who is exiled by the Metaxas regime, joins the guerrillas and is arrested and exiled again. Finally he is forced to sign a written denunciation of the left after torture by the right wing and he is released from prison in 1950. Written by Alkistis Zografou |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The whole film is accomplished in around 80 shots. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Apefasisamen kai diatassomen: I Hounta, i logokrisia kai o ellinikos kinimatografos (1967 - 1974) (1997). See more » |
Soundtracks | Giati hairetai o kosmos (Ymnos tis 4is Avgoustou) See more » |
Quotes |
Elektra's Father:
[before he is executed by the Germans]
I came cross the sea, from Ionia. Where did you come from? See more » |