Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

Director:

John Madden

Writers:

Shawn Slovo (screenplay)
Louis de Bernières (novel)

Release Date:

17 August 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music | Romance | War

Plot:

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during WWII, his fiancee falls in love with the local Italian commander.

Plot Keywords:

Italian | Greek | Love | Captain | Island

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Penélope Cruz	...	Pelagia
John Hurt	...	Dr. Iannis
Christian Bale	...	Mandras
Irene Papas	...	Drosoula
Gerasimos Skiadaressis	...	Mr. Stamatis
Aspasia Kralli	...	Mrs. Stamatis
Mihalis Giannatos	...	Kokolios
Dimitris Kaberidis	...	Father Aresenios (as Dimitris Kamperidis)
Pietro Sarubbi	...	Velisarios, The Strongman (as Pedro Sarubbi)
Viki Maragaki	...	Eleni, Pelagia's Friend
Joanna-Daria Adraktas	...	Young Lemoni
Ira Tavlaridis	...	Older Lemoni
Katerina Didaskalou	...	Lemoni's Mother
Emilios Chilakis	...	Dimitris
Nikos Karathanos	...	Spiros

Also Known As:

Capitaine Corelli (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

131 min

Country:

UK | France | USA

Language:

English | Greek | German | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Brazil:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | Chile:TE | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 (bw) | Hungary:14 | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #37955)

Filming Locations:

Kefallonia island, Greece

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

In the first scenes Nicolas Cage sings the same song he sang in The Family Man (2000): "La donna è mobile".

Goofs:

Factual errors: The German bombers which raid the island are Ju-87 Stukas. Stukas were dive-bombers, which start from thousands of feet in the air, diving straight down until they are almost on top of their target. They would not fly so close to the island, straight and level, bombing from a few hundred feet, as we see them do.

Quotes:

Captain Weber: Heil Hitler!
Corelli: Heil Puccini!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Big Bang: (#1.1)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Ricordo Ancor

Music can bring love

At first I didn't think I would like this movie, but as it progressed it became better and better. I love music and I was impressed with how well Cage could fake the movements of playing a mandolin. My son was with me and he also like the movie a lot for its music and the story and the way the story unfolded--- slowly showing how Corelli won the girls heart. The acting and the story were both well done and well directed. At first Corelli's bravado was irritating, but soon he grew on you. The twists in the plot were intriguing especially the relations with the Germans. I would like to see this again to follow all the side plots. I also want to buy the sound track to hear the music again.