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Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   13,454 votes
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Director:
John Madden
Writers:
Shawn Slovo (screenplay)
Louis de Bernières (novel)
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Release Date:
17 August 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Music | Romance | War more
Plot:
When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during WWII, his fiancee falls in love with the local Italian commander. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
4 nominations more
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(36 articles)
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User Comments:
The film is a true depiction of went on in Cephallonia during the war and after. more (210 total)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Capitaine Corelli (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some violence, sexuality and language.
Runtime:
131 min
Country:
UK | France | USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Kefallonia island, Greece more

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Trivia:
Writer Louis de Bernières rewrote the book approximately 35 times to ensure he had got details told to him by locals as accurate as possible. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: A radio broadcast announces that the Allies have taken Rome. This leads to Italy dropping out of the war and fighting between the Italians and Germans. Italy surrendered in September 1943, after the Allies captured Sicily. Rome fell in June 1944, long after all of Captain Corelli's men were dead. more
Quotes:
Captain Weber: Heil Hitler!
Corelli: Heil Puccini!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Big Bang: (#1.1)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
O'Mio Babbino Caro more

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28 out of 40 people found the following comment useful.
The film is a true depiction of went on in Cephallonia during the war and after., 7 May 2002
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Author: Helen14 from Sydney, Australia

Being Of Cephallonian descent, I was happily surprised when watching the movie. I have heard the true history from my relatives that still live in Cephalonia, but when watching the movie and reading the book the sketchy bits of history were filled. It is all true, the Italians would sing, the oppression and the earthquakes that rock the island so often. The earthquake in 1953 killed my great grandfather and the book and movie both portray the feeling of the era with great compassion. If you haven't seen the movie go and watch it and read the book, it is not only a love story, and yes, there were plenty of Italians in love with Cephallonian women, in fact, boat loads of Cephallonian women were taken to Italy after the war, it is a true depiction of history.

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The book and the film... (spoilers, sort of!) yepppp
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Cephalonia...what a waste of space! dimkv_gr
About a quote.. Dont know what Dr Iannis meant by it. soccer_freak34
What is the music played during the Festival scenes? simonjarlov1
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