Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

🎞️ Movie 52 min --
โ˜… 5.8 /10 1995

Specially commissioned by the British Film Institute and Channel 4, this pseudo-biography shows how Aristophanes became the father of political satire and why his theatrical innovations are still staples of the contemporary theatre.

Cast

Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Frances Barber
Frances Barber
Adonia
Patrick Barlow
Patrick Barlow
Cephisophon
Ewen Bremner
Ewen Bremner
Rosalie Crutchley
Rosalie Crutchley
Aristophanes' mother
Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher
Aristophanes' son
Robert Glenister
Robert Glenister
Aristophanes
Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard
Socrates
Robert Pugh
Robert Pugh
Cleon
Richard Strange
Richard Strange
Pericles
๐Ÿ‘ค
Nick Bicât
Composer