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Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Film / 1995

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

Directed by Coky Giedroyc
ComedyHistory

★ 7.0/10Audience rating

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.

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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 GlenisterAristophanes Frances BarberAdonia Patrick BarlowCephisophon Rosalie CrutchleyAristophanes' mother Dexter FletcherAristophanes' son Robert PughCleon Suzy Eddie IzzardSocrates Richard StrangePericles Ewen Bremner Roger Ashton-Griffiths

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2026 · Action · Comedy

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