Hollywood loves Greece
The Hollywood film industry has chosen the Greek landscapes and islands as the backdrop for major productions. The examples are innumerable. Hollywood loves Greece and has proven it to this day!
The Hollywood film industry has chosen the Greek landscapes and islands as the backdrop for major productions. The examples are innumerable. Hollywood loves Greece and has proven it to this day!
David Devine's novel of the same title, published in 1955 and made into a film starring Sophia Loren and set on the island of Hydra, has made cinema history. The case concerns the precious find of a shipwreck, a gilded bronze statue of a boy on a dolphin, which is supposed to have magical powers. This statue is discovered by chance by a poor sponge. The tangle begins when she confides her discovery to her friend and the island doctor. Hydra is the central location where the film takes place.
"Man of God" or "O anthropos tou Theou", as the Greek title is, is the long-awaited biographical film written and directed by Jelena Popovic that concerns the history, life and action of Saint Nektarios of Aegina.
Foreigners adore it as if it were their own dance. Zorba's Dance, our unique sirtaki, is one of our countless artistic legacies. Mikis Theodorakis wrote this orchestral song and it was included in the album "Zorba the Greek", which was also the soundtrack of the movie "Alexis Zorbas".