Zorba the Greek will probably please most of the people who go to see it, and that is where the pity lies. Director Michael Cacoyannis has assembled a neat package of cinematic goodies wrapped in ...

In one of the most memorable and meaningful scenes from the Academy Award-winning movie Zorba the Greek, the title character Alexis Zorba is asked by his uptight, existentially challenged boss, Basil, ...

Irene Papas, a Greek actress best known for appearing in the films “Zorba the Greek,” “The Guns of Navarone” and countless Greek tragedies, passed away Wednesday at 96. Greece’s ministry of culture ...

In Iran, the novel was first translated into Persian by Mohammad Ghazi and published in 1978 by Kharazmi Publication, and has since been reprinted many times. Now, the audio version of this classic ...

Composer and political activist Mikis Theodorakis, who wrote the score for the film Zorba the Greek, has died, plunging Greece into three days of mourning. Greece's Prime Minister described Mikis ...

The 1964 classic "Zorba the Greek" is finally debuting on DVD, in a newly restored print that highlights Walter Lassally's beautiful B&W photography -- reason enough to go into a Greek dance. Even ...

In one of the most memorable and meaningful scenes from the Academy Award-winning movie Zorba the Greek, the title character Alexis Zorba is asked by his uptight, existentially challenged boss, Basil, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. His official website listed the cause of death as cardiopulmonary arrest. “Today we lost a part of Greece’s soul,” Greece’s ...

To one who has not read Nikos Kazantzakis' widely praised novel it appears that producer-director-scenarist Michael Cacoyannis may have tried to be too faithful to the original. To one who has not ...

Mikis Theodorakis, the Greek composer of acclaimed scores for such films as Zorba the Greek, Z and Serpico, died today at his home in Athens of cardiac arrest. He was 96. His death was announced on ...