The read
It runs long at 3h 43m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
104 audience votes
Key crew
- Theo AngelopoulosDirector
- Theo AngelopoulosScreenplay
- Loukianos KilaidonisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Eva KotamanidouElektra
- Vangelis KazanAegisthus
- Aliki GeorgouliClytemnestra (Elektra's mother)
- Kyriakos KatrivanosPylades
- Stratos PahisAgamemnon (Electra's father)
- Nina PapazaphiropoulouOld Woman
- Giannis FyriosAccordionist
- Alekos BoubisOld Man
- Maria VassiliouChrysothemis (Elektra's sister)
- Grigoris EvangelatosPoet
- Petros ZarkadisOrestis (Electra's brother)
- Kostas StyliarisMilitia Leader