Movielogr
Master of the Shadows (1991)
Directed by Lefteris Xanthopoulos
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.
Length 105 minutes
Actors
Kostas Kazakos | Stratos Tzortzoglou | Dora Masklavanou | Giorgos Ninios | Vlassis Bonatsos | Patis Koutsaftis | Athinodoros Prousalis | Thanos Grammenos | marina michalopoulou | Giorgos Manolas | Vasilis Papavasileiou | Dimitris Yiannakopoulos | Konstantina Savvidi | Tasos Apostolou | Hronis Pavlidis | Mihalis Giannatos | Costas Bakalis | Kostas Dinos | Rolandos Hrelias | Kiki Persi | Anna Mihailou | Varvara Douka | Andreas Marianos