| Uniform Title |
Captain Corelli's mandolin (Motion picture : 2001) |
| Title |
Captain Corelli's mandolin. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2021. |
| ©2001. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (123 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : D32891. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. |
| Based on the novel of the same name by Louis de Bernières. |
| Feature commentary with the director John Madden ; Russell Watson "Ricardo Ancor" (Pelagia's Song) ; Production notes ; Cast and filmmakers. |
| 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 post-war earthquake. |
| Credits |
Directed by John Madden ; written by Shawn Slovo. |
| Performers |
Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, John Hurt. |
| Summary |
Corelli is the leader of the Italian invasion force that control the Greek island of Cephalonia. Billeted with the local doctor he falls in love with his daughter, even though she is engaged to resistance fighter Mandras. Slowly, his feelings are returned but their life and love is disrupted when the Italians surrender to the Allies. Should Corelli and his men join with the Germans and continue to resist? |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+ |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0, Region 4, PAL, letterbox 16:9, 2.35:1. |
| Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Subjects |
De Bernières, Louis -- Film adaptations |
| Italy. -- Esercito -- Officers -- Drama |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Greece -- Cephalonia (Municipality) Drama |
| Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
| Italians -- Greece -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Cephalonia (Greece : Municipality) -- Drama |
| Genre |
War films |
| Romance films |
| Historical films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Madden, John, 1949- director. |
| Slovo, Shawn screenwriter. |
| Cage, Nicolas, 1965- actor. |
| Cruz, Penélope actor. |
| Hurt, John, 1940-2017 actor. |
| De Bernières, Louis. Captain Corelli's mandolin Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
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