Month: September 2016

Alan Bates

(1934–2003) Sir Alan Arthur Bates, CBE Filmography as Actor: Zorba the Greek 1964 Director: Michael Cacoyannis Starring: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates     Women in Love 1969 Director: Ken Russell Starring: Alan Bates, Oliver Reed   Born February 17 1934 Allestree (England) Died December 27…

Michael Cacoyannis

(1922–2011) Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης, Michalis Kakogiannis Filmography as Director: Electra 1962 Director: Michael Cacoyannis Starring: Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis     Zorba the Greek 1964 Director: Michael Cacoyannis Starring: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates     The Trojan Women 1971 Director: Michael Cacoyannis…

Zorba the Greek (1964)

Alexis Zorbas (original title) Director: Michael Cacoyannis Producer: Michael Cacoyannis Screenplay: Michael Cacoyannis Based on: Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis Genre: Comedy | Drama Music: Mikis Theodorakis Country: Greece | United Kingdom Language: English | Greek Studio: 20th Century Fox |…

Athens (Greece)

Athens in Art: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Groupe de danseuses c.1895–1897 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Diogène 1860 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore     Births: • Fertis, Giannis (1938-2024) • Papamoschou, Tatiana (1964) • Phidias (c.480 BC-430 BC) • Schliemann,…

Yorgo Voyagis

(1945) Filmography as Actor: Zorba the Greek 1964 Director: Michael Cacoyannis Starring: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates     I nuovi mostri 1977 Directors: D. Risi, E. Scola, M. Monicelli Starring: Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti     Jesus of Nazareth 1977 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey…

Ian Holm

(1931–2020) Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert, CBE Filmography as Actor: Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson     Robin and Marian 1976 Director: Richard Lester Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn     Jesus of Nazareth 1977 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Robert Powell, Olivia…

Donald Pleasence

(1919–1995) Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE Filmography as Actor: You Only Live Twice 1967 Director: Lewis Gilbert Starring: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi     The Madwoman of Chaillot 1969 Director: Bryan Forbes Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer     The Count of Monte-Cristo 1975 Director: David Greene…