THE TRAVELING PLAYERS
Ο ΘΙΑΣΟΣ
THE TRAVELING PLAYERS
“At The Travelling Players I didn’t have a completed script. There are no rules”
24 Kasım Cuma 19.30
Greece, UK | 1975 | DCP | Color | 230’ Greek & English & German – Turkish & English Subtitled
Director of Photography:: Theo Angelopoulos
Screenplay: Theo Angelopoulos
Director of Photography: Yorgos Arvanitis
Editing: Takis Davlopoulos, Yorgos Triantafyllou
Music: Loukianos Kilaidonis
Cast: Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Aliki Georgouli, Kyriakos Kativanos, Stratos Pachis, Nina Papazafeiropoulou
Producer: Giorgos Papalios
Awards
Cannes FF FIPRESCI Ödülü Berlin FF ‘Forum’ Interfilm Ödülü Thessaloniki FF En İyi Film, En İyi Yönetmen, En İyi Senaryo, En İyi Erkek Oyuncu, En İyi Kadın Oyuncu, En İyi Görüntü, Seyirci Ödülü Japon Akademisi Ödülleri Yabancı Dilde En İyi Film İngiliz Film Enstitüsü Ödülleri Sutherland Trophy Ödülü
SYNOPSIS
The film by Theo Angelopoulos, regarded as the pinnacle of New Greek Cinema, follows a theater troupe traveling across Greece from 1939 to 1952. While they stage the pastoral folk tale "Golfo," the actors live the drama of the Aeschylus' Oresteia Trilogy in their own lives. The traumatic history of Greece intertwines with the private lives of the group members.
Theo Angelopoulos (1935-2012)
He was born in Athens and he studied law. He went to Paris to study in Sorbonne but after a short time, he started studying at IDHEC Film School. He worked as a journalist and a movie critic between the years 1964-1967. He shot his first short film “The Broadcast” in 1968. Starting from the 1970’s, he gained international success with his films such as “Days of ’36” (1972), “Alexander the Great” (1980), “The Suspended Step of the Stork” (1991), “Ulysses' Gaze” (1995) and “Eternity and a Day” (1998) and he was one of the most significant auteurs in Europe.
