Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001) - film review

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Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is a British-French-American romantic film drama first released in 2001, directed by John Madden. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale and Irene Papas. It has also been released under the title: Capitaine Corelli. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: John Madden
Script: Shawn Slovo, Louis de Bernières
Photo: John Toll
Music: Stephen Warbeck
Cast: 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), Pietro Sarubbi (Velisarios, The Strongman), Viki Maragaki (Eleni, Pelagia’s Friend), Joanna-Daria Adraktas (Young Lemoni), Ira Tavlaridis (Older Lemoni), Katerina Didaskalou (Lemoni’s Mother), Emilios Chilakis (Dimitris), Nikos Karathanos (Spiros), Antonis Antoniou (Recruiting Officer), Yorgos Kotanidis (Mayor), Tassos Palatzidis (Town Clerk), Kostas Philippoglou (Trembling Man), Froso Korrou (Nun), Maria-Louisa Papadopoulou (Mad Person), Dina Kafterani (Mad Person), Vlassis Zotis (Mad Person), Panos Thanassoulis (Mad Person), Alexia Bouloukou (Mad Person), Babis Artelaris (Partisan), Gerasimos Iakovatos (Partisan), Nikos Kalogiratos (Partisan), Dionysis Karlis (Partisan), Pavlos Lalis (Partisan), Angelos Liberatos (Partisan), Panagis Polichronatos (Partisan), Christos Rangas (Partisan), Dimitris Vandoros (Partisan), Gerasimos Xidias (Partisan), Dimitris Dimoulas (Musician), Pantelis Filipatos (Musician), Ilias Theofilatos (Musician), Makis Filipatos (Musician), Piero Maggiò (Carlo), Vincent Riotta (Quartermaster), Roberto Citran (General Gandin), Federico Fioresi (Soldier of La Scala), Sandro Stefanini (Soldier of La Scala), Francesco Guzzo (Soldier of La Scala), Germano Di Mattia (Soldier of La Scala), Simone Spinazze (Soldier of La Scala), Sergio Albelli (Soldier of La Scala), Davide Quatraro (Soldier of La Scala), Paco Reconti (Soldier of La Scala), Nuccio Siano (Soldier of La Scala), Salvatore Lazzaro (Soldier of La Scala), Alessandro Repossi (Soldier of La Scala), Massimiliano Pazzaglia (Captain), Tim Hardy (Colonel), Francesco Cabras (Soldier with Cigarette), Nunzio Lombardo (Soldier at Dance), Irini Eleftheriou (Prostitute), Sofia Yannioti (Prostitute), Marina Corelli (Prostitute), Evi Tzortzi (Prostitute), Leticia Moustaki (Prostitute), Angeliki Lambri (Prostitute), Maria Philipakopoulou (Prostitute), Irene Christidi (Prostitute), Giovanni Parricelli (Waterfront Band), Martin Robertson (Waterfront Band), Ben Gant (Waterfront Band), Paul Spong (Waterfront Band), Eddie Hession (Waterfront Band), Mike Pickering (Waterfront Band), Oren Marshall (Waterfront Band), David Morrissey (Captain Gunther Weber), Patrick Malahide (Colonel Barge), Martin Glyn Murray (Officer), Till Bahlmann (Officer), Renny Krupinski (Officer), Peter Stark (Soldier), Alex Zorbas (Mad Person)
Country: UK / France / USA
Language: English / Greek / German / Italian
Runtime: 131 min
Aka: Capitaine Corelli

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