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TRAVELLING PLAYERS (THE)
The film follows a traveling troupe of actors around Greece, always performing the same play, “Golfo” by Spyridon Peresiadis. The dynamics among the troupe’s members have a powerful symmetry to the relationships among the characters of Sophocles’ trilogy, “Oresteia”. Through the troupe’s wanderings all over Greece, we get a glimpse of the country’s turbulent history during the war- and post-war period (1939-52). The story begins in 1952, when the troupe visits Aigion for the first time since 1939. A string of flash-backs begins from there – the troupe, being a miniature version of Greek society, is influenced by the dramatic events of the period and marked by them.
- Production Year 1975
- First Greek Screening 13/10/1975
- Color COLOR
- Audio SOUND
- Genre FEATURE FILM, HISTORICAL, SOCIAL DRAMA, POLITICAL
- Director ANGELOPOULOS THEODOROS
- Producer PAPALIOS GIORGOS
- Script Writer ANGELOPOULOS THEODOROS
- Director of Cinematography ARVANITIS GIORGOS
- Editing TRIANTAFYLLOU GIORGOS, DAVLOPOULOS TAKIS
- Sound Engineer ARVANITIS THANASIS
- Set Designer KARAPIPERIS MIKES
- Costume Designer PATSAS GIORGOS
- Assistant Director KATSELIS DIMITRIS (KATSELIS TAKIS )
- Cinematography Assistant Director CHRISTOMOGLOU VASILIS
- Production Manager VLACHOS STEFANOS
- Assistant Production Manager - Provisor KOLIOPANTOS GIORGOS
- Makeup artist STAVRAKAKIS GIORGOS
- Musician TSEKOURAS ANDREAS
- Singers KAMPERIDIS DIMITRIS, KIOURTSOGLOU IOANNA, MESARIS KOSTAS, MENTI NENA
- Special Effects SAMIOTIS GIANNIS
- Sound Engineer PANAGIOTOPOULOS ILIAS
- Special Collaborators LAMPRINOS FOTOS, PALIGIANNOPOULOS CHRISTOS, CHARONITIS LEFTERIS
- KOTAMANIDOU EVA
- KAZAN VANGELIS
- GEORGOULI ALIKI
- PACHIS STRATOS
- VASILEIOU MARIA
- ZARKADIS PETROS
- KATRIVANOS KYRIAKOS
- FYRIOS GIANNIS
- PAPAZAFEIROPOULOU NINA
- BOUMPIS ALEKOS
- STYLIARIS KOSTAS
- EVANGELATOS GRIGORIS
- TZIFOS GIORGOS
- KONTIRIS GIORGOS
- TSAGKLOS VASILIS
- VERLIS GIORGOS
- MAZIS GIORGOS
- KAMPERIDIS DIMITRIS
- KATRANIDIS DANIS
- NEZER CHRISTOFOROS
- GRIGORATOU KAITI
- MANDILAS KOSTAS
- PANAGIOTOPOULOS ILIAS
- KOKKINOPOULOS PANOS
- GRAMMENOS THANOS
- PAIRIDIS IAKOVOS
- DOUKAKOS TAKIS
- ANDROPOULOU MAIRI
- MESARIS KOSTAS
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
GRAND AWARD OF THE ARTS
GB 1976
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (16th)
BEST FILM
1975
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (16th)
BEST DIRECTOR
1975
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (16th)
BEST SCREENPLAY
1975
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (16th)
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
1975
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (16th)
BEST LEADING ACTOR
1975
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (16th)
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
1975
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (16th)
AUDIENCE AWARD
1975
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
AWARD
1975
BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL-BERLINALE
AWARD
DE 1975
TAORMINA FESTIVAL
SPECIAL AWARD
IT 1975
BRUSSELS FESTIVAL
BEST FILM OF THE YEAR
BE 1976
- Foreign Title TRAVELLING PLAYERS (THE)