Where was Zorba the Greek filmed?
1965 film, directed by Michael Cacoyannis.
- Greece
The story is set in Greece, so the filming stayed close to the setting.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Greece
- Filmed in
- Greece
About Zorba the Greek
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- Released
- 1965
- Director
- Michael Cacoyannis
- Cast
- Anthony QuinnIrene PapasLila KedrovaAlan BatesSotiris MoustakasYorgo VoyagisGiorgos FountasPia LindströmEleni AnousakiAnna Kyriakou
- Genre
- DramaMusical
- Based on
- Zorba the Greek
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; Academy Award for Best Cinematography; Black-and-White; Academy Award for Best Art Direction and 2 more
The story
Basil is an unadventurous middle-class Greek-British writer raised in the United Kingdom.
Among the village residents is a young, widowed woman who is resented by the villagers for not remarrying.
Zorba later designs a system for timber to be sent down the mountain via a wire.
Famous lines from Zorba the Greek
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
Or else?Basil
I don't know.Basil
They all say that.Hortense
I spit on this agony!Zorba
Aren't you feeling well?Basil
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