Washington premiere of the restoration: “Zorba the Greek”

SOURCE: The National Gallery of Art

Special Events: Winter 2016
Zorba the Greek
January 10 at 4:00
East Building Auditorium
Katherine Quinn in person
Washington premiere of the restoration

Poet, philosopher, and popular novelist Nikos Kazantzakis (1883 – 1957) attained more international success than other Greek writers of his day. The basis for this fame, in large part, was Michael Cacoyannis’s adaptation of Kazantzakis’s novel The Saint’s Life of Alexis Zorba, a tale of two men — Basil (Alan Bates), a stiff and standoffish newcomer, and Zorba (Anthony Quinn), the impulsive yet profound Cretan musician who teaches Basil how to dance the sirtáki and live in the moment. Katherine Quinn, widow of actor and artist Anthony Quinn, introduces the film. (Michael Cacoyannis, 1964, DCP, 142 minutes) Special thanks to the Anthony Quinn Foundation for their generous support

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