Moving Storyline: The film tells the story of a naive young woman named Gelsomina, who is sold by her mother to a brutish circus performer named Zampanò. As they travel together, Gelsomina and Zampanò form a complex relationship that is both tender and tragic.

In 1965, Quinn divorced Katherine and married Iolanda Addolari, the Italian costume designer he had met on the set of Barabbas, four years previously. It was a marriage that lasted 30 years, and produced three sons. The battalion commander, Basque Lt. Col. Pierre-Noël Raspéguy ( Anthony Quinn), has called central headquarters for reinforcements. Headquarters sends only a single plane load of French paratroopers, under the command of Major de Clairefons. Despite Raspéguy's attempts to provide covering fire, the paratroopers are slaughtered as they land. Major de Clairefons is killed when his parachute drags him into a minefield. Raspéguy is enraged that General Melies ( Jean Servais) sent only one plane, and further believes that Melies intends to make him responsible for the entire debacle at Dien Bien Phu. Quinn’s powerful portrayal makes the audience sympathize with Barabbas and understand his internal conflict.The film opens actually in French Indochina at the Battle of Dienbienphu where the French got themselves surrounded and the guerrillas they had been fighting for years came out in the open. Among others surrendering was Anthony Quinn's regiment of paratroopers which included the unit historian Alain Delon and George Segal an Algerian Moslem serving in the French army.

Quinn continued to work in the cinema into the 1990s, notably in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever (1991), and in A Walk In The Clouds (1995), exhibiting little reduction in his power. His final role was as a mafia boss in Avenging Angelo, with Sylvester Stallone, which is still in production. In a January 15, 1968 Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy is happily dancing atop of his doghouse with Lucy looking on until the final panel where she comments: "Zorba the Greek, you aren't!". [24] The 25th Hour ( French: La Vingt-cinquième Heure) is a 1967 anti-war drama film directed by Henri Verneuil, produced by Carlo Ponti and starring Anthony Quinn and Virna Lisi. [1] [2] The film is based on the bestselling novel by C. Virgil Gheorghiu [3] and follows the troubles experienced by a Romanian peasant couple caught up in World War II. [4] Plot [ edit ] The Old Man of the Mountain: Ohhh... a well-matched exchange, worthy of two old friends who trust each other. In 1996, after an acrimonious divorce from Iolanda, and a heart bypass operation, Quinn, aged 80, had a son and a daughter by his former secretary Kathy Benvin - making him a father 13 times over, by five different women, and continuing, as he always did, to blur the line between his on- and off-screen “earth father” personality.But fidelity was never Quinn’s strong point, and he also had three children by two other women, and affairs with, among others, the French actress Dominique Sanda and Pia Lindstrom, Ingrid Bergman’s daughter. Mark Robson bought the novel's film rights for his Red Lion company in March 1963. The screenplay was written by Nelson Gidding, who had previously adapted Nine Hours to Rama for Robson. [3] [4] Casting [ edit ] Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a Mexican and American actor. The following is a filmography of his work. The film is a powerful exploration of the human condition, with themes of love, loss, and the search for meaning in life.