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Original title: Alexis Zorbas
After a young Englishman (Alan Bates) learns that he has a small inheritance on the Greek island of Crete, he travels there to see what life has in store for him. What he ends up encountering is the worldly, zesty Zorba (Anthony Quinn), who lives life to the fullest and has a credo for just about every situation. Bates’s world starts to change as he encounters the society in a tiny village that is so unlike his own more modern existence, an experience that grows negative when he gets involved with a local widow (Irene Papas). Beautiful photography of a very beautiful Greece highlights this exciting and fascinating story based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis (The Last Temptation of Christ).
USA/United Kingdom/Greece, 1964
Directed by Michael Cacoyannis
Screenplay by Mihalis Kakogiannis, based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis
Cinematography by Walter Lassally
Produced by Mihalis Kakogiannis
Music by Mikis Theodorakis
Production Design by Vassilis Photopoulos
Costume Design by Anna Stavropoulou
Film Editing by Mihalis Kakogiannis
