Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing (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
Aristophanes
Adonia
Cephisophon
Aristophanes' mother
Aristophanes' son
Cleon
Socrates
Pericles