Zorba the Greek or when Nietzsche danced the Syrtaki
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Trasvasestlc.vi2.9444Keywords:
Neo-Hellenic Literature, Greek Cinema, Greek Tragedy, Nikos Kazantzakis, Michael Cacoyannis, Euripides, Zorba the GreekAbstract
After the international success obtained by his filmic transposition of the tragedy of Euripides, Electra, director Michael Cacoyannis adapts for the cinema a famous novel by Cretan writer Nikos Kazantzakis, creating a work of art completely independent, which even surpasses the popularity of its literary source. This article analyses this film, Zorba the Greek, having into account not only the reading of the text that inspires it, but also other cultural references present in it such as the old Attic drama, represented on the screen by the Greek actress Irene Papas, Nietzsche's existentialist thinking, Italian Neorealism and the films of the golden years of Hollywood.
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