The Travelling Players Movie Review 1975

Slow-going for those unfamiliar with Greek myths and modern Greek history as the country is continually oppressed and betrayed. A travelling company of provicial actors ply their trade over some 16 years (1936-1952) while their country experiences the upheavals of a fascist dictatorship, WWII, occupation, civil war, and repression by the right-wing regime. The focus is on ordinary people in ordinary surroundings (with Angelopoulous leaning towards the communist sensibility). Greek with subtitles.

Distribution

New Yorker Video, 16 W. 61st St., 11th Fl., New York, NY 10023, Phone: (212)645-4600, Toll-free: 800-447-0196, Fax: (212)645-3030, Email: info@newyorkerfilms.com, URL: http://www.newyorkerfilms.com

Available on VHS
Running time 230 minutes.
Originally from Greek.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 20th Century, Behind the Scenes, Politics

Screenplay

Theo Angelopoulos

Cast

Eva Kotamanidou, Maria Vassilou, Petros Zarkadis, Alika Georgouli, Stratos Pahis

Cinematography

Yorgos Arvanitis

Director

Theo Angelopoulos

Music

Loukianos Kilaidonis