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Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Rating:R (for some violence, sexuality and language)
Genre:Drama, Romance
Release Date:August 17, 2001
Running time:145 minutes
Cast:Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Christian Bale, David Morrissey, Irene Papas
Director:John Madden
Producer:Kevin Loader, Mark Huffam, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Writer:Shawn Slovo, Louis de Bernieres
Distributor:Universal Pictures

Description: During World War II, an Italian officer, Captain Corelli, is put in command of a garrison that's occupying the Greek island of Cephallonia. After a beautiful local woman's fiance--a fisherman--departs to fight with the Greek army, she falls in love with Corelli who becomes torn between his own love for her and his political allegiances.

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