Set before the start of the First World War, this fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance.
As their friendship develops, the Englishman is gradually won over, transformed and inspired..
But when he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek man with a zest for life.
Set before the start of the First World War, this fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance