
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In keeping with Hollywood&s time-honored tradition of turning celebrated novels into cinematic spectacles director John Madden brings Louis de Berniere&s acclaimed 1994 work & Captain Corelli&s Mandolin& to life Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia in 1940 the film tells the story of the beautiful Pelagia (Penelope Cruz) who lives with her father Dr Iannis (John Hurt) & is engaged to local fisherman Mandras (Christian Bale) When Mandras leaves the island to fight for his country against the approaching German army Pelagia is left behind to worry & wait for a letter which never arrives In the meantime the Italian army occupies Cephalonia & Pelagia & Dr Iannis receive a new visitor into their home Captain Antonio Corelli (Nicolas Cage) a romantic opera lover with a passion for playing the mandolin annoys Pelagia with his free-spirited personality but it is this charm that eventually wins her heart Soon the two are head-over-heels in love only for Mandras to return