Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Apr 18, 2001

2h 11m

★ 6.0

Overview

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.

Genres

Drama

Romance

War

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

StudioCanal

Miramax

Working Title Films

Captain Corelli's Mandolin Trailers

Cast

Captain Antonio Corelli

Nicolas Cage

Pelagia

Penélope Cruz

Dr. Iannis

John Hurt

Mandras

Christian Bale

Captain Günther Weber

David Morrissey

Drosoula

Irene Papas

Mr. Stamatis

Gerasimos Skiadaresis

Mrs. Stamatis

Aspasia Kralli

Kokolios

Mihalis Giannatos

Father Aresenios (as Dimitris Kamperidis)

Dimitris Kamberidis

Velisarios, The Strongman (as Pedro Sarubbi)

Pietro Sarubbi

Eleni, Pelagia's Friend

Viki Maragaki

Kenneth Blake is joined by his soon-to-be wife Sally Stephens as he takes a well-earned vacation in Goa, a beautiful town on the western coast of India. While in Goa, Kenneth meets Leela, a beautiful woman, and he finds himself drawn into an affair. As Kenneth tries to decide if he should throw away his relationship with Sally in favor of Leela, Leela confronts him with some surprising news -- she is convinced they are the reincarnation of two lovers who died together in a double suicide five centuries before.

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