The Travelling Players
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Theo Angelopoulos
Eva Kotamanidou
Aliki Georgouli
Statos Pachis
Maris Vassilou
Petros Zarkadis
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In 1952 a travelling actor's troupe roams the countryside performing a popular Greek pastoral play, which soon becomes a thinly disguised version of the "Oresteia." At the same time, their performances and lives are constantly interrupted by a year in which there is tremendous political change and they are forced to reflect upon their lives since 1939, the last time their country had a major political upheaval--the eve of entering World War II.
Director
Theo Angelopoulos
Cast
Eva Kotamanidou
Aliki Georgouli
Statos Pachis
Maris Vassilou
Petros Zarkadis
Kiriakos Katrivanos
Yannis Firios
Nina Papazaphiropoulou
Alekos Boubis
Kosta Stiliaris
Greg Evaghelathos
B Kazan
Crew
Theo Angelopoulos
Giorgios Arvanitis
Thanassis Arvanitis
Georges Basinas
Levteris Charonitis
Takis Davlopoulos
Mikes Karapiperis
Takis Katselis
Loukianos Kilaidonis
Christos Paliyannopoulos
George Papalios
Giorgos Patsas
George Samiotis
Yannis Samiotis
Iannis Smaragdis
Georges Trianthapilou
Stephanos Vlachos
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
"O Thiassos" has been widely hailed by many European critics as the Best Film of the Decade (197Os) and One of the Best Films of postwar European Cinema. It is also regarded as the greatest work of Greek Cinema.
Voted Best Film of 1975 by the British Film Institute.
Winner of A FIPRESCI Prize at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival (for a film out of competition).
Winner of the "Prix l'Age d'Or" at the 1975 Brussels Film Festival.
Winner of the Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay Prizes at the 1975 Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Winner of the Grand Prix at the 1975 "Figueira da Foz", Portugal.
Winner of the Interfilm Prize at the 1975 Berlin Film Festival (for a film out of competition).
Released in United States 1975
Released in United States 1990
Released in United States May 12, 1975
Released in United States on Video May 20, 1999
Released in United States Spring May 11, 1990
Shown at Portugal's 1975 "Figuera da Foz."
Shown at the 1975 Berlin Festival (out of competition).
Shown at the 1975 Brussels International Film Festival (in competition).
Shown at the 1975 Taormina Film Festival (in competition).
Shown at the 1975 Thessaloniki International Film Festival (in competition).
Shown at the Cannes International Film Festival (out of competition) May 12, 1975.
Winnner of the Special Jury Prize at the 1975 Taormina Film Festival.
Film is constructed as a series of eighty takes.
Released in United States 1975 (Shown at Portugal's 1975 "Figuera da Foz.")
Released in United States 1975 (Shown at the 1975 Berlin Festival (out of competition).)
Released in United States 1975 (Shown at the 1975 Brussels International Film Festival (in competition).)
Released in United States 1975 (Shown at the 1975 Taormina Film Festival (in competition).)
Released in United States 1975 (Shown at the 1975 Thessaloniki International Film Festival (in competition).)
Released in United States 1975 (Winnner of the Special Jury Prize at the 1975 Taormina Film Festival.)
Released in United States 1990 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (The Angelopoulos Landscape - A Retrospective) April 19 - May 3, 1990.)
Released in United States Spring May 11, 1990
Released in United States May 12, 1975 (Shown at the Cannes International Film Festival (out of competition) May 12, 1975.)
Released in United States on Video May 20, 1999
