

Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001-04-18 · 131 min · ★ 5.9
When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.
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Production details
- Directors
- John Madden
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Miramax, Working Title
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 57,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 62,112,895
Top Cast
Nicolas CageCaptain Antonio Corelli
Penélope CruzPelagia
John HurtDr. Iannis
Christian BaleMandras
David MorrisseyCaptain Günther Weber
Irene PapasDrosoula
Gerasimos SkiadaresisMr. Stamatis
Mihalis GiannatosKokolios
Dimitris KamberidisFather Aresenios (as Dimitris Kamperidis)
Pietro SarubbiVelisarios, The Strongman (as Pedro Sarubbi)
Viki MaragakiEleni, Pelagia's Friend
Katerina DidaskalouLemoni's Mother
Nikos KarathanosSpiros
Antonis AntoniouRecruiting Officer
Giorgos KotanidisMayor
Tasos PalatzidisTown Clerk
Kostas FilippoglouTrembling ManTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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