Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Based On the book by Louis de Bernières

Captain Corelli's Mandolin is a 2001 war film directed by John Madden. It is based on the 1994 novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières. The film pays homage to the thousands of Italian soldiers executed at the Massacre of the Acqui Division by German forces in Cephalonia in September 1943, and to the people of Cephalonia who were killed in the 1953 Ionian earthquake. The novel's protagonists are portrayed by actors Nicolas Cage and Penélope Cruz.

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Release date:

2001

Director:

John Madden

Cast:

Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, David Morrissey

Genre:

Drama, War

Country:

France, United States, United Kingdom

Language:

Italian

Year page:

2001 in adaptations