Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

Regisseur:

John Madden

Drehbuchautoren:

Shawn Slovo (screenplay)
Louis de Bernières (book)

Premierendatum:

17. August 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze | Kriegsfilm

Plot:

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during WWII, his fiancee falls in love with the local Italian commander.

Plot Keywords:

Italian Wars | Italian Army | Italian History | Italian Soldier | No Opening Credits

Filmpreise:

4 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

It's better than the reviews

Besetzung

Nicolas Cage	...	Captain Antonio Corelli
Penélope Cruz	...	Pelagia
John Hurt	...	Dr. Iannis
Christian Bale	...	Mandras
Irene Papas	...	Drosoula
Gerasimos Skiadaressis	...	Mr. Stamatis
Aspasia Kralli	...	Mrs. Stamatis
Mihalis Giannatos	...	Kokolios
Dimitris Kaberidis	...	Father Aresenios (as Dimitris Kamperidis)
Pietro Sarubbi	...	Velisarios, The Strongman (as Pedro Sarubbi)
Viki Maragaki	...	Eleni, Pelagia's Friend
Joanna-Daria Adraktas	...	Young Lemoni
Ira Tavlaridis	...	Older Lemoni
Katerina Didaskalou	...	Lemoni's Mother
Emilios Chilakis	...	Dimitris

Alternativ:

Capitaine Corelli (France)
Corellis Mandoline (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence, sexuality and language.

Länge:

131 Min

Produktionsland:

UK | France | USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Griechisch | Deutsch | Italienisch

Farbe:

Farbe (DeLuxe)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Brazil:12 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | Chile:TE | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 (bw) | Hungary:14 | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #37955)

Drehorte:

Kefallonia island, Greece

Firma:

Canal+

Dies und das:

Katie Holmes auditioned for the role of Pelagia.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: Captain Corelli says that "Mussolini has surrendered to America and Britain, not Germany". Actually Mussolini did not surrender to anybody. He was arrested by his fellow Fascist Party Council members, supported by some Italian Generals and the King of Italy. After he was rescued by Hitler's SS commandos, he continued to fight the allies.

Dialogzitate:

Pelagia: I wrote to you every day. A hundred letters... and not a single reply.
Mandras: [takes out her letters from his coat] I never learned... to read or write.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Little Britain: (#3.4)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

O'Mio Babbino Caro

It's better than the reviews

I will see anything with Nicolas Cage but do not always like his movies. I had fairly low expectations for this one given the bad reviews but I really enjoyed it. John Hurt was great. The movie tries to combine humor with war, which was done so well in "Life is Beautiful." It is difficult to do and this film pulls it off but awkwardly. Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz were both good. Everyone needs to lay off about the accents.