"Mercury. Captain Corelli's Mandolin Captain Corelli's Mandolin, released simultaneously in the United States as Corelli's Mandolin, is a 1994 novel by the British writer Louis de Bernières, set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Italian and German occupation of the Second World War. The main characters are Antonio Corelli, an Italian army captain, and Pelagia, the daughter of the local physician, Dr Iannis. An important event in the novel is the massacre of Italian troops by the Germans in September 1943—the Italian Acqui Division had refused to surrender and had fought the Germans for nine days before running"
"famous book is his fourth, ""Captain Corelli's Mandolin"", in which the eponymous hero is an Italian soldier who is part of the occupying force on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Second World War. In the US it was originally published as ""Corelli's Mandolin"". In 2001, the book was turned into a film. De Bernières strongly disapproved of the film version, commenting, ""It would be impossible for a parent to be happy about its baby's ears being put on backwards."" He does however state that it has redeeming qualities, and particularly likes the soundtrack. Since the release of the"
"the nine thousand surviving Italian soldiers were executed in reprisal by the German forces. The book ""Corelli's Mandolin"", by Louis de Bernieres (which was later made into the film 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin'), is based on this story. While the war ended in central Europe in 1945, Cephalonia remained in a state of conflict due to the Greek Civil War. Peace returned to Greece and the island in 1949. Cephalonia lies just to the east of a major tectonic fault, where the European plate meets the Aegean plate at a slip boundary. This is similar to the more famous San Andreas"
"drowned when the German ships taking them to concentration camps were sunk by the Allies, and 5,155 were executed by 26 September. It was one of the largest prisoner of war massacres of the war, along with the Katyn massacre, and it was one of many atrocities committed by the 1st Mountain Division (). The massacre provided the historical background to the novel ""Captain Corelli's Mandolin"", which became a Hollywood film. Since the fall of Greece in April–May 1941, the country had been divided in occupation zones, with the Italians getting the bulk of the mainland and most islands. The"
"1942 the division headquarters were briefly relocated to Lefkada before settling on Cephalonia in May, 1943. Following the Italian surrender in September 1943, thousands of soldiers from the division were executed on the islands during Operation Achse, in what became known as the ""Cephallonia massacre"". One of the largest prisoner of war massacres of the war, and one of the largest-scale German atrocities to be committed by Wehrmacht troops, this event provided the historical background to the novel ""Captain Corelli’s Mandolin"", which later became a Hollywood film. The events in Cefalonia were repeated, to a lesser extent, elsewhere. In Corfu,"
"German and Italian forces at Tobruk codenamed ""Operation Agreement"". The film depicts the operation as being successful, although in actuality Operation Agreement was a disastrous failure. In September 1942, Rommel's Africa Korps is only 90 miles (144 km) from the Suez Canal, but running dangerously low on fuel. The British approve a plan to destroy German fuel bunkers at Tobruk in an attempt to cripple Rommel's attack. The author of the plan, Canadian-born Major Donald Craig (Rock Hudson) had been captured by Vichy French forces and is held prisoner, along with captured Italian Army soldiers, on a ship in the"
"Royal Italian Army during World War II. Emerging under the post-war republic, it was argued that ""the Italians were decent people"" (""Italiani, brava gente"") in contrast to the ideologically motivated and brutal Germans. In particular, it argued that the Italians had not participated in the Nazi persecution of Jews in occupied parts of Eastern Europe. Notable examples of the phenomenon in popular culture are the film ""Mediterraneo"" (1991) directed by Gabriele Salvatores and novel ""Captain Corelli's Mandolin"" (1994) by Louis de Bernières which was also adapted into a film in 2004. The myth avoided ""a public debate on collective responsibility,"
"Marius Goring as the German General Kreipe, kidnapped on Crete by Patrick ""Paddy"" Leigh Fermor (Bogarde) and W. Stanley Moss (David Oxley) and a fellow band of Cretan resistance fighters based on W. Stanley Moss' real-life account, (""Ill Met by Moonlight""), of the Second World War abduction; ""A Tale of Two Cities"" (1958), a faithful retelling of Charles Dickens' classic; as a flight lieutenant in the Far East who falls in love with a beautiful Japanese teacher Yoko Tani in ""The Wind Cannot Read"" (1958);""The Doctor's Dilemma"" (1959), based on a play by George Bernard Shaw and co-starring Leslie Caron"
"Pascali's Island (film) Pascali's Island is a 1988 British drama film, based on the novel by Barry Unsworth. It was written and directed by James Dearden. It stars Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance and Helen Mirren. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. The action takes place in 1908 on the fictional Ottoman-ruled Greek island of Nisi. The film was largely shot on the Greek island of Symi and in Rhodes in the late summer of 1987. In 1908 at Nisi, a small Greek Island under Ottoman rule, Turkish officials, Greek rebels, German emissaries and other foreign mercenaries mingle"
"Sea Devils (1953 film) Sea Devils is a 1953 British–American historical adventure film, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Rock Hudson, Yvonne De Carlo, and Maxwell Reed. The story is based on Victor Hugo's novel ""Toilers of the Sea"" which was the working title of the film. The scenes at sea were shot around the Channel Islands, and much of the rest of the film was shot on location in those islands as well. The year is 1800, and Britain and France have been at war since 1798, in what later was to be known as the War of the"
"new communist-controlled governments of Albania and Bulgaria had Soviet support. After the war, the official Greek state tried and executed for war crimes among others Andon Kalchev, Bruno Bräuer and Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller. The Axis occupation of Greece, specifically the Greek islands, figures in several English-language books and films based on real special forces raids such as ""Ill Met by Moonlight"", ""The Cretan Runner"", fictional ones like ""The Guns of Navarone"", ""Escape to Athena"", ""The Magus"", ""They Who Dare"", and ""Captain Corelli's Mandolin"" (a fictional occupation narrative). Notable Greek movies referring to the period, the war and the occupation, are ""Ochi"","
"of ""Captain Corelli's Mandolin"" was released in 2001, with Nicolas Cage as the Italian Captain Corelli, John Hurt as Dr Iannis, and Penélope Cruz as his daughter, Pelagia. The film, directed by John Madden, also starred Christian Bale, Irene Papas and Joanna Daria Adraktas. In 2011, the Mercury Theatre in Colchester, England, and the Kote Marjanishvili Theatre of Tbilisi, Georgia, produced an adaptation of the novel written by Mike Maran and directed by Levan Tsuladze. This production combined live actors and puppetry. It had its premiere in Georgia at the Tbilisi International Festival in October 2011, before transferring to the"
"suffering some 1,300 casualties. The next day, the Germans began executing their prisoners and did not stop until more than 4,500 Italians had been shot. The 4,000 or so survivors were put aboard ships for the mainland, but some of them sank after hitting mines in the Ionian Sea, where another 3,000 were lost. The Cephallonia massacre serves as the background for the novel ""Captain Corelli's Mandolin"". The Italians occupied the bulk of the Greek mainland and most of the islands. Although several proposals for territorial annexation had been put forward in Rome, none were actually carried out during the"
"the islands have lost much of their population through emigration and the decline of their traditional industries, fishing and marginal agriculture. Today, their major industry is tourism. Specifically Kerkyra, with its harbour, scenery and wealth of ruins and castles, is a favourite stopping place for cruise liners. British tourists in particular are attracted through having read Gerald Durrell's evocative book ""My Family and Other Animals"" (1956), which describes his childhood on Kerkyra in the 1930s. The novel and movie ""Captain Corelli's Mandolin"" are set in Kefallonia, in which Captain Corelli is part of the Italian occupation force during the Second"
"German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea. In 1943, the Axis powers plan an assault on the island of Kheros — where 2,000 British soldiers are marooned — to display their military strength and convince neutral Turkey to join them. Rescue by the Royal Navy is prevented by two massive radar-directed superguns on the (fictional) nearby island of Navarone. When aerial bombing efforts fail, Allied Intelligence gathers a commando unit to infiltrate Navarone and destroy the guns. Led by Major Roy Franklin (Anthony Quayle), the team is composed of Captain Keith Mallory (Gregory Peck), a renowned"
"by ""Jervis"" (Captain A.F Pugsley) and the Greek destroyer ""Queen Olga"" (Lieutenant Commander Blessas). A Wellington bomber dropped flares and after a short battle lasting half an hour, the two Allied destroyers sank the convoy and destroyed both escorts. ""Jervis"" also saw action during the landings in Sicily, Calabria, Salerno, and Anzio, as well as operations in the Adriatic. She supported both the 8th Army and Yugoslav partisans. In the Autumn of 1943 ""Jervis"" was in the Aegean supporting the ill-fated operation against the Dodecanese Islands. On 16/17 October with , sank Sub Chaser at Kalymnos. Having returned to Britain"
"book and the movie, Cephalonia has become a major tourist destination; and as a result the tourist industry on the island has begun to capitalise on the book's name. Of this, de Bernières said: ""I was very displeased to see that a bar in Agia Efimia has abandoned its perfectly good Greek name and renamed itself Captain Corelli's, and I dread the idea that sooner or later there might be Captain Corelli Tours, or Pelagia Apartments."" His book ""Red Dog"" (2001) was inspired by a statue of a dog he saw during a visit to the Pilbara region of Western"
"Wake Island (film) Wake Island is a 1942 American action drama propaganda war film written by W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler, and directed by John Farrow. The film tells the story of the United States military garrison on Wake Island and the onslaught by the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor. It stars Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Barbara Britton, and William Bendix. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (William Bendix), Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing, Original Screenplay. The film shows how the Marines, after being"
"German command structure throughout the Balkans was reorganized: Army Group E under Löhr took over in Greece, overseeing both German forces and the Italian 11th Army. The Italian capitulation in September caused most Italian units to surrender to the Germans, although others, such as the ""Pinerolo"" division and the """" Cavalry Regiment, went over to the guerrillas, or chose to resist the German takeover. This resulted in brief but violent clashes between Germans and Italians, accompanied by atrocities against Italian prisoners of war, such as the massacre of the ""Acqui"" Division on Cephallonia, dramatized by the film ""Captain Corelli's Mandolin""."
"I sette dell'Orsa maggiore I sette dell'Orsa maggiore (literally ""The Seven Men of Orsa maggiore"") is 1953 Italian film based on the events of the Raid on Alexandria in 1941 by frogmen of the Decima Flottiglia MAS human torpedoes. It was released in the US as ""Hell Raiders of the Deep"", in the United Kingdom as ""Human Torpedoes"" and in France and Belgium as ""Panique à Gibraltar"" (""Panic in Gibraltar""). It was directed by Duilio Coletti and produced by Carlo Ponti and Luigi De Laurentiis, with a score by Nino Rota and a screenplay by Giuseppe Berto and Marcantonio Bragadin"
"Greek army. The Italian army is hopelessly incompetent, and eventually German forces arrive and drive back the Greek army, thus paving the way for Italy to occupy Greece. In 1941, following the Italian invasion of Greece, Italian and German soldiers are posted to Cephallonia, where they are ostracized by the locals. Pelagia is determined to hate them, especially when a jovial young captain by the name of Antonio Corelli is assigned to live in her home. Mandras comes home from the war, injured and filthy, and as Pelagia nurses him she realizes that she no longer loves him. He admits"
"created to avoid ""a public debate on collective responsibility, guilt and denial, repentance and pardon"" for the Italian Army's actual historical conduct and behaviour during the Second World War. Mediterraneo Mediterraneo is a 1991 Italian film that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992. The film is set during World War II and regards a group of Italian soldiers who become stranded on a Greek island, and are left behind by the war. The filming took place on the Greek island of Kastellórizo, in the Dodecanese island complex. In 1941, one year after Italy joined Germany"
"an armistice. The Two Colonels I due colonnelli (internationally released as The Two Colonels) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The character of Totò took inspiration from a similar character he played in ""Totò Diabolicus"". The story is of Italian and British troops facing off on the Greek - Albanian border in 1943. Both sides take, lose, and retake a border village countless times during the entire movie. The village is taken and retaken by both sides so many times that the locals don't even pay attention to the battles any more and openly collaborate with whichever"
"Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). In the second half of 1945 UNRRA delivered to Greece some $171 million in goods. In the first year after the liberation, over 1.7 million tons of food were provided by UNRRA and the Allies. Nevertheless, a minimum daily ration of 2,000 calories proved impossible. The Axis occupation of Greece, specifically the Greek islands, has a significant presence in English-language books and films. Real special forces raids, e.g., ""Ill Met by Moonlight"" or fictional special forces raids ""The Guns of Navarone"", ""Escape to Athena"" and ""They Who Dare"" (1954), and the fictional occupation narrative ""Captain Corelli's Mandolin"""
"a warning about a suspected terrorist who happens to have the same name as Giuseppe's trusted partner: Yousef Ben Ali. Giuseppe suspects that he is being double-crossed by his once faithful friend. A cat-and-mouse game ensues, as the two try to outwit each other aboard the ship, alone in the middle of the sea. The entire film was filmed off the coast of Ponza, the largest of the Pontine Islands. I, the Other I, the Other (, also known as Me, The Other) is a 2007 Italian drama film about two fishermen, directed by Mohsen Melliti. The film won three"
"It passed German censors on 15 October 1963 and was released to television in West Germany on 22 June 1969. The Pirates of the Mississippi The Pirates of the Mississippi (German: Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi) is a Western film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Brad Harris and Sabine Sinjen. A Eurowestern, it was a co-production between West Germany, France and Italy. Based on the 1847 novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, the film was the first pairing of Brad Harris and Tony Kendall with Gianfranco Parolini as a second unit director. Kendall reprised his role of Chief Black Eagle"
"infested section of the southern Atlantic Ocean known as the Sargasso Sea. The Isle of Lost Ships (1923 film) The Isle of Lost Ships is a 1923 American silent adventure/melodrama film directed and produced by Maurice Tourneur and distributed by Associated First National Pictures. The film is based on Crittenden Marriott's novel ""The Isle of Dead Ships"" c.1909. The story was re-filmed in 1929 by director Irvin Willat. Tourneur himself made a different story with similar theme called ""The Ship of Lost Souls"" (1929) which had a young German actress, Marlene Dietrich, in the cast. The 1923 film has long"
"coast of Crete. John Lockhart, an MI6 agent is about to infiltrate the island to join up with the Greek Resistance and one of its leaders Manoli Petaris. His mission is to help them create havoc for the Nazi occupation in Crete After reaching their hiding place, they plan an attack on an ammunition dump. The attack fails however and Lockhart and several other Andartes are captured and taken to a prison. There, the commandant of the prison Lockhart is held, an oberst named Dietrich interrogates him. Lockhart pretends to be a Greek and resists interrogation but fails and is"
"are examples. Notable Greek movies referring to the period, the war and the occupation are ""The Germans Strike Again"", ""What did you do in the war, Thanasi?"" and ""Ipolochagos Natassa"". The Italian film ""Mediterraneo"", which won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, tells the story of an idyllic Greek island where the residents absorb the 8 Italian occupiers into their daily lives. Greek collaborators: Greek Resistance leaders: Other Greek personalities German officials: Italian officials: Leaders of secessionist movements: British agents: Axis occupation of Greece The occupation of Greece by the Axis Powers (, ""I Katochi"", meaning ""The"
"Coral Reefs (film) Coral Reefs (French title: Le Récif de corail) is a 1939 French language motion picture adventure drama directed by Maurice Gleize. The screenplay was written by Charles Spaak, based on novel by Jean Martet. The film stars Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Renoir and Gina Manès. It tells the story of a charged innocent Mexican sailor who escapes to a lagoon in the Pacific Ocean. He meets with a lonely girl in the woods, having an affair. However his current gunrunning operation is noticed by an earnest detective. In the atmosphere fascinating of the southern continent, all"
"in the BFI National Archive, where it had been catalogued under the wrong title. Sea Fighting in Greece Sea Fighting in Greece () is an 1897 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 110 in its catalogues. The film, one of a series of events related to the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, is set on the gun deck of a man-of-war ship under attack. In reality, there were no naval clashes during the war. A naval officer calls his sailors to the deck to assemble around the cannon while"
"Beachhead (film) Beachhead! is a 1954 Technicolor war film based on U.S. Marine Corps Captain Richard G. Hubler 1945 novel ""I've Got Mine"" about World War II. It was filmed on Kauai island in the Hawaiian Islands chain in the mid - Pacific Ocean by Aubrey Schenck Productions, released through United Artists studio and directed by Stuart Heisler. In late October 1943, a battalion of U.S. Marines have landed on Choiseul Island to create a diversion for the impending Allied attack and invasion of Japanese held Bougainville Island in the Northern Solomon Islands, northeast of the large island colony of"
"Durrell). He was a meticulous proof-reader for Gerald Durrell's ""My Family and Other Animals"", and Lawrence Durrell's ""The Greek Islands"". During 1938 and 1939, Stephanides was to work in Salonica with an anti-malarial unit founded by the Rockefeller Foundation, returning periodically to Corfu. In June 1940, he left to Cyprus to join the Royal Army Medical Corps. A veteran of World War I, Stephanides served as a Doctor in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Greece, Crete, Sicily and the Sahara in the period 1939 to 1945. His account of the Battle of Crete - ""Climax in Crete"" - criticizes"