Master of the Shadows

Overview

Shadow puppetry is not only part of the heritage of East Asia; Greece had its own traditional form of this popular art. In this leisurely drama, set in 1950s Athens, Antonis Barkis (Kostas Kasakos) is the master puppeteer for a traditional shadow show. However, although he is still making a living, it is clear that other forms of popular entertainment will soon supplant this one. This does not improve Antonis' temper, and his assistant's desires to modernize their entertainments only make it worse.

Directed by Lefteris Xanthopoulos

Top cast

Kostas Kazakos

Αντώνης Μπάρκας

Stratos Tzortzoglou

Θεοφάνης

Dora Masklavanou

Αγγέλα

Giorgos Ninios

Άγγελος

Vlassis Bonatsos

Σίμος

P

Patis Koutsaftis

Γιώργος

Athinodoros Prousalis

Λάμπρος

Thanos Grammenos

N

Nina Michalopoulou

Δήμητρα

G

Giorgos Manolas

Σπουργίτης

V

Vasilis Papavasileiou

γιατρός

D

Dimitris Yiannakopoulos

Κατσίμπαλης

K

Konstantina Savvidi

Κολομπίνα

Tasos Apostolou

καλόγερος

Hronis Pavlidis

Mihalis Giannatos

Kostas Bakalis

Kostas Dinos

Rolandos Hrelias

Kiki Persi

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