A Dream of Kings

Name: A Dream of Kings
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970-02-21
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Inger Stevens

1969
R
1h 50m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

561

YOUR RATING

Anthony Quinn, Sam Levene, Irene Papas, and Inger Stevens in A Dream of Kings (1969)

Tragedy Drama

A Greek American father of a dying boy decides to take his son to Greece to breathe the clean air of his ancestors, in an attempt to save the boy's life. However, money is a problem.A Greek American father of a dying boy decides to take his son to Greece to breathe the clean air of his ancestors, in an attempt to save the boy's life. However, money is a problem.A Greek American father of a dying boy decides to take his son to Greece to breathe the clean air of his ancestors, in an attempt to save the boy's life. However, money is a problem.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

561

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
Inger Stevens' last film before her suicide in 1970.

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Featured review

7/10

Zorba in America

Anthony Quinn basically repeats his signature role from ZORBA THE Greek as a good-natured, large-living gambler and adviser in sexual matters -- invariably in the context of classical mythology.

This is not to say that Daniel Mann has directed a remake. This time, Quinn is married to Irene Pappas and their son is dying. The story's plot concerns Quinn's struggles to raise enough money to take his son to the mountains of Greece, where he imagines the boy will recover. The story is offered deliberately as a classical tragedy written small.

The cast is filled out with fine actors, including Inger Stevens in her last role, and Sam Levene -- best known for playing small-time Runyonesque crooks in the 1940s. However, the point of this movie is to see Quinn playing Zorba struggling against fate. and not an Englishman's civilized repression.