Zorba= the Greek [DVD videorecording] /
from the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis ; produced and directed from his screenplay by Michael Cacoyannis.
- [London?] : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2005.
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (136 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD release of the 1964 motion picture. Special features: Audio commentary by Director Michael Cacoyannis and Demetrios Liappas ; Biography: Anthony Quinn-A lust for life ; 2 Movietone news segments ; Alternate intro and Photo gallery.
Credits: Music, Mikis Theodorakis ; director of photography, Walter Lassally ; art direction, Vassilis Photopoulos. Credits: Music, Mikis Theodorakis ; director of photography, Walter Lassally ; art direction, Vassilis Photopoulos.
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova, Sotiris Moustakas, Anna Kyriakou, Eleni Anousaki, George Voyadjis, Takis Emmanuel, George Foundas.
On the Greek isle of Crete, Basil (Bates), a shy, inhibited writer from England, is befriended by Zorba (Quinn), a boisterous, gregarious peasant with an astonishing love of life. When Zorba agrees to work at Basil's abandoned mine, it is the beginning of a lesson for the young man as he gradually moves from an observer of the world to a participant. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director and Actor.
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Turkish. Optional language soundtracks (in 2.0 Mono): French, Italian.