Title Captain Corelli's Mandolin Overview When a Greek fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during WWII, his fiancee falls in love with the local Italian commander. The film is based on a novel about an Italian soldier's experiences during the Italian occupation of the Greek island of Cephalonia Kefalonia , but Hollywood made it into a pure love story by removing much of the unpleasant stuff. Genres Drama, History, Romance Keywords officer, greek island, mandolin, italian soldier, resistance fighter, greek history, italian army, allied forces Production Companies Miramax Films, Universal Pictures Production Countries United Kingdom, United States of America, France Spoken Languages English, Deutsch, ελληνικά, Italiano Original Language en Runtime minutes 131 Release Year 2001
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 62 million USD