Released:
1975-07-01

Overview:
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.

Director:
Theo Angelopoulos

Runtime:
3h 43min

Genre:
Drama, War, History

• Cast:
• 
  Eva Kotamanidou
  as
  Elektra
• 
  Vangelis Kazan
  as
  Aegisthus
• 
  Aliki Georgouli
  as
  Clytemnestra (Elektra's mother)
• 
  Kiriakos Katrivanos
  as
  Pylades
• 
  Stratos Pahis
  as
  Agamemnon (Electra's father)