Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Zorba the Greek (Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά, Latin: Víos kai Politeía tou Aléxē Zorbá, Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas) is a novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous ...
Basil is a staid, somewhat buttoned-up, middle-class Greek-British writer raised in the United Kingdom.While at the Athens port of Piraeus waiting to catch a ferry to Crete he meets a middle-aged peasant and musician named Zorba who carries only a santouri in a case, in contrast to Basil's large quantity of luggage, including cases of books.
It was later translated as Zorba the Greek and also adapted into Zorba musical (1968) and an Academy Award-nominated film, Zorba the Greek (1964), wherein his role was played by Anthony Quinn. [2] His life continued in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, where he settled in 1922 with his 10-year-old daughter, Katerina.
"Zorba's Dance" (Greek: Ο Χορός Του Ζορμπά) is an instrumental by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. [1] The music is part of the soundtrack for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, [2] and used in the film to accompany the dance known as sirtaki. It is now commonly played and danced to in Greek tavernas. The film's track has since been ...
The book redefines Zorba's "full catastrophe" as something positive, an affirmation of life's variety and chaos to be embraced, not lamented. "The Full Catastrophe" is a song by American rock singer/composer John Mellencamp in his 1996 album Mr. Happy Go Lucky , in his 1999 collection Rough Harvest , and in his 2010 boxed set On the Rural Route ...
His most acclaimed work is the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel of the same name. He also directed the 1983 Broadway revival of the musical based on the film . In addition to directing, he also wrote, produced, translated, and designed dozens of stage play and opera productions.
1964: Zorba the Greek (Alexis Zorbas) by Michael Cacoyannis, Pavlo; 1967: Killer Kid by Leopoldo Savona, Pablo; 1967: To prosopo tis Medousas by Nikos Koundouros; 1968: Giarrettiera Colt by Gian Rocco, Carlos; 1968: Love Problems by Giuliano Biagetti; 1969: Cuore di mamma by Salvatore Samperi, Carlo; 1970: The Adventurers by Lewis Gilbert, El Lobo
Sirtaki or syrtaki [1] (Greek: συρτάκι) is a dance of Greek origin, choreographed for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek. [2] It is a recent Greek folkdance, and a mixture of "syrtos" and the slow and fast rhythms of the hasapiko dance. The dance and the accompanying music by Mikis Theodorakis are also called Zorba's dance, the Zorba or "the ...