Director
John Madden
Based on
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
Producers
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Mark Huffman, Kevin Loader
Production Companies
Universal Pictures, Studio Canal, Working Title Films, Miramax
Studios
Universal Pictures, United International Pictures
DNEG VFX Supervisors
Peter Chiang, Paul Riddle
DNEG VFX Producer
Fay McConkey
Release date
4th May 2001
An epic tale about the enduring hope of love and the devastating brutality of war, set amid the Italian occupation of Greece during World War II.
Cephallonia, 1941. Bright village beauty Pelagia is betrothed to simple, boyish Mandras , who has gone off to fight in Albania. As the Italians invade the island, Pelagia is drawn to the charming, musical, life-embracing ‘enemy’, Captain Corelli. But their love seems impossible when the Greek partisans (including Mandras) organise resistance and the Germans brutally take control of their paradise.
John Madden's picture looks splendid - how could it not? - and the battle scenes in the final reel are managed with elan. The Guardian