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.

Cast & crew

Theo Angelopoulos

Director

Eva Kotamanidou

Elektra

Vangelis Kazan

Aegisthus

Aliki Georgouli

Clytemnestra (Elektra's mother)

Kyriakos Katrivanos

Pylades

Stratos Pahis

Agamemnon (Electra's father)

Nina Papazaphiropoulou

Old Woman

Giannis Fyrios

Accordionist

A

Alekos Boubis

Old Man

Maria Vassiliou

Chrysothemis (Elektra's sister)

Grigoris Evangelatos

Poet

Petros Zarkadis

Orestis (Electra's brother)

K

Kostas Styliaris

Militia Leader

Nena Menti

Giorgos Mazis

C

Costas Messaris

Stelios Lionakis

Y

Yorgos Kafkas

G

Giannis Kafaloukos

K

Kostas Mandilas

M

Minas Konstantopoulos