The Travelling Players

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The Travelling Players is a 1975 Greek historical drama film by Theo Angelopoulos that follows a troupe of actors touring Greece while the nation undergoes turbulent political upheavals from the 1930s to the 1950s.

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instanceOf Greek film ⓘ
film ⓘ
cinematographyBy Giorgos Arvanitis ⓘ
considered a landmark of Greek cinema ⓘ
one of Theo Angelopoulos's masterpieces ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greece ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed by international critics ⓘ
depictsEvent Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ
Greek Civil War ⓘ
Metaxas dictatorship ⓘ
linked to: Metaxas Regime

postwar political repression in Greece ⓘ
director Theo Angelopoulos ⓘ
distributor New Yorker Films ⓘ
filmTechnique elliptical narrative ⓘ
long takes ⓘ
slow camera movements ⓘ
follows a troupe of travelling actors ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
hasCastMember Alkis Panayiotidis ⓘ
Eva Kotamanidou ⓘ
Petros Zarkadis ⓘ
Stratos Pahis ⓘ
Vangelis Kazan ⓘ
hasSubject Greek politics ⓘ
civil conflict ⓘ
rise of fascism ⓘ
role of art and theatre in society ⓘ
mainTheme impact of history on ordinary people ⓘ
political upheaval in Greece ⓘ
musicBy Loukas Karytinos ⓘ
narrativeLocation Greece ⓘ
notableFor nonlinear narrative structure ⓘ
politically charged reinterpretation of Greek history ⓘ
use of Brechtian theatrical devices ⓘ
originalLanguage Greek ⓘ
partOf Theo Angelopoulos filmography ⓘ
premiereLocation Greece ⓘ
productionCompany Greek Film Centre ⓘ
publicationDate 1975 ⓘ
runtime approximately 230 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Theo Angelopoulos ⓘ
setInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
timeSpanCoveredInPlot 1939–1952 ⓘ

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Theo Angelopoulos → notableWork → The Travelling Players ⓘ
Days of ’36 → precedes → The Travelling Players ⓘ