Zorba the Greek

[TheHellenagr]

Hey boss, did you ever see a more splendiferous crash? hahahahahahaha

[tedcrisell1]

must see MY UNCLE ZORBA

THEO CRISELL IS AMAZING AS ZORBA

REMINDS ME OF ANTHONY QUINN

[vabilas28]

i always thought that these two guys are left there, on that beach, dancing for the centuries to come

[vivg]

Mihalis Kakogiannis / Michael Cacoyannis (Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης) June 11, 1922 – July 25, 2011). Yiassou, levendi. Thank you.

[fraoulitseskerasakia]

Michalis Kakoyannis R.I.P.

[camel1945]

I think such movies are forewer! This is pure creek culture! I am a man from Switzerland but I feel the creek culture!

[EffLabels]

@camel1945 eufgaristo (thank you)

[gypsysisterlove4]

love this guy! he was my 1 number actor! since'' i was 6 yrs old! thats when i watched this beautiful movie 4the 1 time! just like 2 thank him 4all the wonderfull movies& memories wich he shared with us all! 4 making us laugh:)&cry!:( thank you anthony you was a true born LEGEND! so long! you grazy drunken old fool!!!<3 btw no offence! il say this cuz he was his best at it! 4playing a drunk incl:his other acts wich where drama's&being the bad guy!:D and ofcourse funny!& WILD!<3

[ray93556]

A touch of madness just to keep you sane. Love it!

[mikezephyr]

"Did you say...dance?!"

May God and the Devil bless Zorba and ourselves too!

[kenfig]

Never used to think Alan Bates was a Poofta in real life

[ragemanchoo82]

For the rest of his life people were coming up to Anthony Quinn and assuming he was Greek. He was actually hispanic. :)

[mrboppre]

Unforgettable. Great acting by Anthony Quiinn, second only to the film "The 25th. Time.

Never an actor like him!

[dbrchame3]

yoU greek build everything egain!!!...ist nothing tipota!!!

[megazopeda65]

Mi abuelo y mi tio lo hacian igual en nuestras fuestas familiares comenzaban los sabados y terminaban los domingos, la familia es lo mejor nada se le compara.

[drsimi776]

What a performance from Mr. Anthony Quinn!!!!!

[Humanitish]

monumental ending... a cinematic masterpiece!

[irini29]

Crete is Greece and the other way around.

[jg300gman]

lazurm- of course here we must generalise due to space constraints. But still- I have lived in Germany 4 years....and have seen Americans close at hand (I'm from Texas). Generally people from Eastern Europe and Asia ARE different! They aren't as materialistic. Anyway, the people of the Balkans are more eastern than western (I have been to Albania and Greece). Crete for sure is more old-fashioned in values...not so materialistic. In Western Europe all they care about is money. It is the religion

[jg300gman]

the "boss" , Alan Bates, is really good in this as well as Anthony Quinn.

This film got an Oscar but I forget what category it was.

[tndhoneyp]

The film won three Academy Awards. Lila Kedrova won Best Supporting Actress, Vassilis Fotopoulos won Best Art Direction in black-and-white set decoration, and Walter Lassally won Best Cinematography in black-and-white.

[sidensvans67]

I wish I had moved to Greece.

[anastasiacaya]

i live in greece... i v got to tel u that it isn t a beautiful country right now (sr islands are very very very beautiful:))

[lazurm]

This was based in Crete, not Greece.

[vabilas28]

@lazurm this was based in Rhodes actually. Both Rhodes and Crete are placed in Greece... I supposed you skipped your geography lessons

[lazurm]

@vabilas28 It was filmed in Crete which, as you correctly pointed out, is a part of Greece. What I meant was that the place where the filming took place was not on the mainland of Greece and I incorrectly and incompletely mispoke. I did, though, skip at least one geography lesson, but that was long ago! :)

[vabilas28]

@lazurm No, it was filmed in Rhodes. The hero on Kazantzaki's book is Cretan

[lazurm]

@vabilas28 If you go to Wikipedia you'll see that it was filmed in Crete. Additionally, I went to Google Earth and found the EXACT location of the filming. In doing so, I actually set my position exactly where the camera was in the last, ending seen as the film credits were scrolling. Everything was exactly there. This is confirmed in numerous other areas on the Net. Check it out yourself, you'll see. That seen was on the Akirotiri Peninsula near the village of Stavros.

[vabilas28]

@lazurm hmmm... and yet, i was so damn sure it was filmed in Rhodes, i d bet money on it

[lazurm]

@vabilas28 Well if you'll still bet that money, how much will you bet? I'll kick in 1K to any number you come up with! :)

[vabilas28]

@lazurm No, no, thanks a lot, i m not interested in placing any bets for the time being.... lol

[theoGnRfan]

@lazurm

Crete is Greece dude...

[lazurm]

@theoGnRfan As I stated in a previous posting, I agree that Crete is a part of Greece. I had meant not part of mainland Greece.

[Atenejin]

Αυτά είναι. Ζορμπάς ο Έλληνας!!!

[saullouis]

Bless you for posting this. Is there another like it?

[goldenglovegreek59]

FANTASTISCO!

GGG 59

[tavi920]

This is how we should live life

[saliaris12]

Excactly ... because we are MEN! And i am glad to be Greek... LIVE THE LIFE!!!!!!!!!! :D

[chitchatkathy]

I love this philosophy!!! A man/woman needs a little madness!!! The best philosophy ever, the Zorbaic one!!!

Zorba, Zorba, Zorba!!! That dance, that song, that film will never ever die!

B E A U T I F U L !!!

[chitchatkathy]

Wasn't there a part where the villagers who liked the widow, stoned her.One of them dealt the last blow by slitting her throat.A very gruesome but important scene! She looked very beautiful in it like a tiny lamb trying to escape the butcher's knife and the brute who desired her but whom she rejected is the one who struck the fatal blow but he went unpunished!

By the time of his death, was Nikos Kazantzakis still excommunicated from the Greek Orthodox Church for "The Last Temptation of Christ?"

[tamandocomando]

whats the deal with the log sliding down the supports? ive never seen the movie, so i wouldnt know

[lazurm]

The British gentleman, a writer, inherited a mine that needed internal support to stay open to make a profit from the mining. Zorba figured a way to get the lumber down from the mountain (a hilarious scene) which was owned by the church. The Britisher used all his remaining resources to construct it and, after it was destroyed, was penniless. This was the scene upon this realization.

[charizardpal]

Is that so? If I were him and it was all Zorba's fault, I'd demand some kind of refund on the basis of negilence!  I don't see how he's so calm after losing everything... especially since they could have fixed the problem if Zorba hadn't insisted on sending another two logs down, breaking it completely!

[lazurm]

It's called achieving a form of Satori, or inner peace, allowing oneself a true and complete sense of perspective on what is truly valuable in life which, in this case, was love, passion and connection. These things are sometimes learned upon losing all material possessions. Zorba was thanked for the lesson, understandably.

[chiefdog2222]

I messed up by clicking on the wrong vote thumb. Please forgive me. Your post was my favorite and I agree Satori is a good word

[lazurm]

Thanks, so make a new identity and give me a thumbs up! (Just kiddin', that's OK)

"The first time it always does that!"

:)

[jg300gman]

lazurm- you are so right...unfortunately Americans and Western Europeans think too much about the material things in life and they totally miss what is most important- just enjoying life as it comes...even the little things.

[lazurm]

jg300gman, That's an awfully wide swath of humanity you're referring to. I'm sure, just on the odds, that there are many Americans and Western Europeans who are exceptions to your rule. Zorba himself, as well as the Britisher, were, as am I (are you?) and I know of many that do not worship material as a way of establishing their identity.Perhaps you mean that the primary values of our Western(and Eastern I'd add) cultures are, typically, based on material possessions?The exceptions count.

[kchris06]

Wonderfiul memories of two great performers. Thanks for posting this.

[EllinikiKardia]

You are welcome.

[Steveinthetube]

It's nothing!  Then ine tipota! Xa! I'd challenge anybody who hasn't seen this film yet to hold back their tears and laughter while watching. The book is amazing as well.

[TheSyndicateGreece]

no one can do it

it is unrepeatable

i'm from greek but i live in america, in Astoria, New York, and Zorba, is my favorite hero, in our resturant everything smells greece, from food to music, we owe it to Greece, GEIA SOU ELLADA!!!!!!!

[carlitoshyd]

Zorba to his boss: "You got everything except one thing ... MADNESS"

[evarph]

Wonderful movie, I was a child when I saw this movie and I was astonnished how they dance, they did it stupendously.