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, ...

It all started when writer Nikos Kazantzakis went on a business trip to Crete, to escape his bookish life. During his travels, he meets the story’s protagonist, Alexis Zorba, who fascinated him, and ...

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 ...

Michael Cacoyannis, the Cyprus born-filmmaker and screenwriter who directed the 1964 film “Zorba the Greek” starring Anthony Quinn, died July 25 at a hospital in Athens. Officials at a state-run ...

correctionA previous version of this article incorrectly reported Ms. Papas's age and date of birth. She was born on Sept. 3, 1929, not 1926, and she was 93 when she died, not 96. The article has been ...

Zorba the Greek resembles the Cretan landscape which it portrays so magnificently. Its themes are as ancient and clean-cut and harsh as the rocks. For this is a film about the struggle to live--to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...