Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis Trailers

Above all, the Art: Tribute to Nikos Kazantzakis Trailer

Nikos Kazantzakis was born in Heraklion, Crete (Greece). He studied Law in Athens and in Paris, but soon he studied philosophy and literature. He travelled almost everywhere; he learnt many foreign languages and left his scientific research for Nitsche. At philosophy: "Ascetics" (Salvatores Dei, 1927), script that expresses the writer's belief for metaphysics. At poetry: "The Odyssey" (1938) "Tertsines" and also some poetic works for theatre: "Protomastoras" (Foreman) "Melissa" (Bee) "Julian" "Prometheus" etc. His novels are: "Alexis Zorbas" (1946) "O Xristos xanastavronetai" (Christ is recrucified) (1948) "O ftoxoulis tou Theou" (The God's poor man) (1952-3) "Anafora ston Greco (Reference to Greco) (1961). He died in 1957.

Most Popular Nikos Kazantzakis Trailers

Total trailers found: 8

Kapetan Michalis Trailer (2023)

21 December 2023

Captain Michalis, a fierce and indomitable warrior, has sworn to be black-clad, unshaven and unsmiling until Crete is liberated.

The Last Temptation of Christ Trailer (1988)

28 May 1988

Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation.

Zorba the Greek Trailer (1964)

14 December 1964

An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

He Who Must Die Trailer (1957)

03 May 1957

Greece, in the 1920s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted.

Last Journey Trailer (2022)

24 March 2022

Famous Greek artists Yannis Aggelakas and Olia Lazaridou read excerpts from the book A Journal of Two Voyages by Nikos Kazantzakis, while director Aris Chatzistefanou juxtaposes the narration with footage from modern Japan, combined with manga, anime, and video games.

expulsion Trailer (2023)

11 May 2023

Adapted from William Shakespeare' Coriolanus

Above all, the Art: Tribute to Nikos Kazantzakis Trailer (2018)

13 October 2018

A tribute to Nikos Kazantzakis, the great writer and thinker. Researchers, university professors, who dealt with the great Cretan and world creator, but also ordinary everyday people, tell stories they lived and heard, outlining his life and work.

Salzburg Festival 2023: The Greek Passion Trailer (2023)

01 January 2023

Bohuslav Martinů's Greek Passion, which outlines a serious, very topical problem today, which is the position of refugees in a foreign, often hostile environment, is among the composer's most important works in terms of both ideology and art.