Movie

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

★ 7/10 · 2 votes 1995 0h 52m Released

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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

Robert Glenister Aristophanes Frances Barber Adonia Patrick Barlow Cephisophon Rosalie Crutchley Aristophanes' mother Dexter Fletcher Aristophanes' son Robert Pugh Cleon