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Michael Cacoyannis



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Michael Cacoyannis - what members say


  • Zorba The Greek
  • Zorba The Greek review by RJNeb2 from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars Not so sunny in Greece 9 September 2010
    ...comes to live in a tiny Greek village. What's interesting here is that director Michael Cacoyannis subverts a lot of the traditional concepts of Greece as being a sunny pastoral....   Read customer review

Michael Cacoyannis - filmography


  • Zorba The Greek on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Anthony Quinn,  Alan Bates,  Irene Papas
    Director: Michael Cacoyannis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Michael Cacoyannis's powerful film starring Anthony Quinn garnered seven Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. On the Greek isle of Crete, Basil (Alan Bates), a shy, inhibited writer from England is befriended by Zorba, a boisterous, gregarious peasant with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,044 member
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Michael Cacoyannis facts

5 most recent films

The Cherry Orchard - 2.0 stars
The Trojan Women - 2.5 stars
Zorba The Greek - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Zorba The Greek - 3.5 stars
The Trojan Women - 2.5 stars
The Cherry Orchard - 2.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Cherry Orchard - 2.0 stars
The Trojan Women - 2.5 stars
Zorba The Greek - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Alan Bates - 2 times - show films
Genevieve Bujold - 1 times - show films
Owen Teale - 1 times - show films
Anthony Quinn - 1 times - show films
Xander Berkeley - 1 times - show films