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Uniform Title Alexēs Zormpas (Motion picture)
Title Zorba the Greek / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; screenplay by Michael Cacoyannis ; produced and directed by Michael Cacoyannis.

Publication Info. Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.
1964.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD ZORBA THE GREEK    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  CLASSIC DVD ZOR    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD ZORBA THE GREEK    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Media Room  DVD ZORBA    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  DVD ZORBA    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD ZORB    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 142 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD; NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono.
Cast Lila Kedrova, Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Pappas, Sotiris Moustakas, Anna Kyriakou, Eleni Anousaki, George Voyadjis, Takis Emmanuel, George Foundas.
Credits Director of photography: Walter Lassally ; music: Mikis Theodorakis.
Note Originally issued as a motion picture in 1964.
From the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis.
Audience Not rated.
Summary A young British writer moves to Crete to find himself by working in his father's mine, and hires the playful Zorba. He falls in love with a lovely young widow. When she responds to him the townsmen attack her.
Awards Academy Awards for Best Cinematography (B & W), Best Supporting Actress (Kedrova), and Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (B & W); Academy Award Nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Quinn), Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Note Special features: Commentary by director Michael Cacoyannis; Alternate introduction; "Anthony Quinn: a lust for life" as seen on A&E Network Biography; Movietone news footage; Theatrical trailers; Behind-the-scenes still gallery.
Language English, Spanish or French dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Authors, English -- Greece -- Crete -- Drama.
Miners -- Greece -- Crete -- Drama.
Love -- Drama.
Crete (Greece) -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Cacoyannis, Michael.
Kedrova, Lila.
Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001.
Bates, Alan, 1934-2003.
Papas, Irene.
Voyagis, Yorgo.
Foundas, George.
Lassally, Walter, 1926-2017
Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Standard No. 024543115687
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