Zorba the Greek
1964 ‧ Comedy/Adventure ‧ 2h 22m
7.6/10 · IMDb
80% · Rotten Tomatoes
Traveling to inspect an abandoned mine his father owns in Crete, English author Basil (Alan Bates) meets the exuberant peasant Zorba (Anthony Quinn) and invites him along when the older man claims he has mining experience. In Basil's father's old...
Release date: December 17, 1964 (USA)
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Music composed by: Mikis Theodorakis
Story by: Nikos Kazantzakis
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures
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Zorba the Greek (Greek: Αλέξης Ζορμπάς, Alexis Zorbas) is a 1964 comedy-drama film written, produced, edited, and directed by Greek Cypriot filmmaker Michael ...
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An uptight English writer travelling to Crete, on a matter of business, finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
Zorba the Greek (Greek: Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά, Víos kai Politeía tou Aléxē Zorbá, Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas) is a novel written by Nikos ...