Michael Cacoyannis

"Desolation and despair reign supreme in the kingdom of Mycenae. The great Agamemnon has been brutally murdered; his son Orestes has fled and his daughter Electra has been imprisoned within the walls of the castle. All hope seems lost until the sacred oracle speaks and replaces Electra's broken spirit with an unquenchable desire for justice and bloody vengeance."

Basil, a timid English writer, hires Zorba, a gregarious peasant, to work in a mine he has inherited on Crete. Eventually, Zorba's undying exuberance forces Basil to undergo a transformation into becoming a more active participant in his own life.