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Nikos Kazantzakis was born in Heraklion, Crete (Greece). He studied Law in Athens and in Paris, but soon he studied philosophy and literature. He travelled almost everywhere; he learnt many foreign languages and left his scientific research for Nitsche. At philosophy: "Ascetics" (Salvatores Dei, 1927), script that expresses the writer's belief for metaphysics. At poetry: "The Odyssey" (1938) "Tertsines" and also some poetic works for theatre: "Protomastoras" (=foreman) "Melissa" (=Bee) "Julian" "Prometheus" etc. His novels are: "Alexis Zorbas" (1946) "O Xristos xanastavronetai" (=Christ is recrucified) (1948) "O ftoxoulis tou Theou" (=The God's poor man) (1952-3) "Anafora ston Greco (=Reference to Greco) (1961) He died in 1957.

John Fernside was born in 1892 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Bush Christmas (1947), The Glenrowan Affair (1951) and The Power and the Glory (1941). He died on 26 October 1957 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Domenico Viglione Borghese was born on 3 July 1877 in Mondovi, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Mill on the Po (1949), Genoveffa di Brabante (1947) and Il figlio del corsaro rosso (1943). He died on 26 October 1957 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

Jean Valroy was born on 22 March 1890 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor, known for L'Ordonnance malgré lui (1932), Un cri dans l'abîme (1922) and Les époux scandaleux (1935). He died on 26 October 1957 in Paris, France.