<sod>'''''Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)''''' is a [[war film]] directed by [[John Madden (director)|John Madden.]] It is based on the [[Captain Corelli's Mandolin|novel of the same name]] by author [[Louis de Bernières]]. The novel's protagonists are portrayed by Academy award winners [[Nicolas Cage]] and [[Penélope Cruz]]. The film pays homage to the thousands of Italian soldiers [[Massacre of the Acqui Division|executed]] by German forces in [[Cephalonia]] in September 1943, and to the people of [[Cephalonia]] who were killed in the post-war earthquake.<eod>
<sod>'''''Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)''''' is a [[war film]] directed by [[John Madden (director)|John Madden.]] It is based on the [[Captain Corelli's Mandolin|novel of the same name]] by author [[Louis de Bernières]]. The film pays homage to the thousands of Italian soldiers [[Massacre of the Acqui Division|executed]] by German forces in [[Cephalonia]] in September 1943, and to the people of [[Cephalonia]] who were killed in the post-war earthquake. The novel's protagonists are portrayed by actors [[Nicolas Cage]] and [[Penélope Cruz]].<eod>