Produced by Studio Canal+ and Universal Pictures and Working Title Films, released in 2001 by Buena Vista International and Miramax Films and Universal Pictures, 35mm color negative, 1.85:1 screen ratio, premier April 19, 2001, in London.
Penelope Cruz & Nicolas Cage
Production:
Directed by John Madden Ê
Screenplay by Shawn Slovo, based on the novel by Louis de Bernieres
Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Mark Huffam, Kevin Loader
Original music by Stephen Warbeck Ê
Cinematography by John Toll Ê
Film Editing by Mick Audsley Ê
Production Design by Jim Clay
Sound mix by Peter Lindsay
"German Iron Ring" from Newsweek 1943/11/29
Special Effects by Richard Conway
Visual Effects by Peter Chiang
Cast:
Nicolas Cage as Corelli
Christian Bale as Mandras
Penelope Cruz as Pelagia
Martin Glyn Murray as German Commander
Piero Maggio as Carlo Guercio
John Hurt as Iannis
David Morrissey as Gunther Weber
Notes:
This film is based on the Italian resistance to the German invasion of the Adriatic island of Cephallenia in September 1943 after the fall of Mussolini.
