An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

as well as the delightful Greek music. But the acting of Anthony Quinn as Zorba remains the most persuasive part of this movie. His huge face seen often in close-up dominates the theatre.

Mikis Theodorakis, the celebrated composer best known for the music from the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, has died in Athens aged 96. Theodorakis was in the resistance to the Nazi occupation of ...

Zara founder Amancio Ortega originally named his company after the 1964 film, “Zorba the Greek." But this didn't last long. The first store, which opened in La Coruña in 1975, happened to be ...