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Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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

2h 11m2001RTMDb 5.9

DramaRomanceWar

English

Crew and Cast

John MaddenJohn MaddenDirectorNicolas CageNicolas CageCaptain Antonio CorelliPenélope CruzPenélope CruzPelagiaJohn HurtJohn HurtDr. IannisChristian BaleChristian BaleMandrasDavid MorrisseyDavid MorrisseyCaptain Günther WeberIrene PapasIrene PapasDrosoulaGerasimos SkiadaresisGerasimos SkiadaresisMr. Stamatis
Aspasia KralliMrs. StamatisMihalis GiannatosMihalis GiannatosKokoliosDimitris KamberidisDimitris KamberidisFather Aresenios (as Dimitris Kamperidis)Pietro SarubbiPietro SarubbiVelisarios · The Strongman (as Pedro Sarubbi)Viki MaragakiViki MaragakiEleni · Pelagia's Friend
Joanna-Daria AdraktasYoung Lemoni
Ira TavlaridisOlder LemoniKaterina DidaskalouKaterina DidaskalouLemoni's MotherNikos KarathanosNikos KarathanosSpirosAntonis AntoniouAntonis AntoniouRecruiting OfficerGiorgos KotanidisGiorgos KotanidisMayorTasos PalatzidisTasos PalatzidisTown ClerkKostas FilippoglouKostas FilippoglouTrembling Man
Froso KorrouNun
Maria-Louisa PapadopoulouMad Person
Dina KafteraniMad Person
Vlassis ZotisMad PersonPanos ThanassoulisPanos ThanassoulisMad Person (as Panagiotis Thanassoulis)
Alexia BouloukouMad Person
Babis ArtelarisPartisanGerasimos Typaldos IakovatosGerasimos Typaldos IakovatosPartisan
Nikos KalogiratosPartisan
Dionysis KarlisPartisan

Storyline

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

  • Universal Pictures
  • StudioCanal
  • Miramax
  • Working Title

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Info

Status
Released
Released
18 April 2001
Runtime
2h 11m
Rating
R
TMDB score
5.9 / 10 (590 votes)

Production

Director
John Madden
Writers
Louis de Bernières, Shawn Slovo
Studios
Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Miramax
Countries
France, United Kingdom, United States of America

Box Office

Budget
$57.0M
Revenue
$62.1M
Profit
$5.1M
Return
1.1×

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
German, Italian, Greek, English