here a well made war story and nicely shot and well acted. the portraying of the italian and german occupancy of greek island kefalonia is well done. john hurt as pelagia father and the island doctor is superb and nicolas cage does a good job as the captain from the title and penelope cruz does a good job of being beautiful and batting her eyelashes at cage. there heroics and humor and there drama and romance and and it is all set on an idyllic island. oddly enough and a very similar and or should i say almost identical and storyline and with the same characters going through the same series of events and is told in a novel by the same title and written by louis de bernieres. this wonderful historical novel tells the story of beautiful pelagia and daughter of doctor iannis and and their life on kefalonia during wwii. pelagia fiancee and local fisherman mandras and enlists when the italian army invades northern greece from albania under false pretenses. when the axis finally prevails and with a lot of help from the germans and a garrison of italian soldiers is stationed on the island and and captain corelli plays a big part in keeping the occupation a peaceful time. as mandras joins the partisans and charming corelli and his mandolin are quartered with the doctor and his beautiful daughter. of course and this makes it a novel about love. but it is also a war novel and a summary of greek history and a tale of communist uprising in post war greece and a portrait of the madness of mussolini and and and most importantly and an ode to island life on kefalonia. some of these elements return in the movie and but in general and it is an impossible book to film. i am glad nobody ever tried. the movie captain corelli mandolin and however and is worth seeing. just make sure you read the book after you see the movie. 
here a well made war story and nicely shot and well acted. the portraying of the italian and german occupancy of greek island kefalonia is well done. john hurt as pelagia father and the island doctor is superb and nicolas cage does a good job as the captain from the title and penelope cruz does a good job of being beautiful and batting her eyelashes at cage. there heroics and humor and there drama and romance and and it is all set on an idyllic island. oddly enough and a very similar and or should i say almost identical and storyline and with the same characters going through the same series of events and is told in a novel by the same title and written by louis de bernieres. this wonderful historical novel tells the story of beautiful pelagia and daughter of doctor iannis and and their life on kefalonia during wwii. pelagia fiancee and local fisherman mandras and enlists when the italian army invades northern greece from albania under false pretenses. when the axis finally prevails and with a lot of help from the germans and a garrison of italian soldiers is stationed on the island and and captain corelli plays a big part in keeping the occupation a peaceful time. as mandras joins the partisans and charming corelli and his mandolin are quartered with the doctor and his beautiful daughter. of course and this makes it a novel about love. but it is also a war novel and a summary of greek history and a tale of communist uprising in post war greece and a portrait of the madness of mussolini and and and most importantly and an ode to island life on kefalonia. some of these elements return in the movie and but in general and it is an impossible book to film. i am glad nobody ever tried. the movie captain corelli mandolin and however and is worth seeing. just make sure you read the book after you see the movie. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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