Cefalonia
Cefalonia
6.5 Cefalonia
2005, 2 h 16 m
Drama, History, TV Movie
The true story of Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Cefalonia tells the real story about what happened in September 1943 on the Greek island of Kefalonia (Cefalonia in Italian), when the 12,000 men in the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division, following Italy's surrender to the Allied, refused to put themselves under German command and also refused to surrender their weapons. The local German force, supported by Stuka dive-bombers and additional troops, attacked the Italians and after several days of combat the Italians surrendered, having lost 1,300 men. As punishment, the German High Command ordered that all surviving Italians should be executed. Some 5,000 were executed during a week of killings. A handful were rescued by locals and the Greek guerrilla, while the rest were shipped off as prisoners, whereof 3,000 drowned when their ships hit mines. The film "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" is based on a novel about the Italian occupation of Cefalonia, but the massacre was much toned down in the Hollywood version.
Recommendations
Italian Race
Drama, Action
7.5
What a Beautiful Day
Comedy
6.5
A Taste of Honey
Drama
7.0
Fight Club
Drama
8.4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.6
Deadpool & Wolverine
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
7.7
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Comedy, Drama
8.1
Deadpool
Action, Adventure, Comedy
7.6
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Crime, Comedy, Action, Adventure
7.6
Captain America: The First Avenger
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.0
Get Out
Mystery, Thriller, Horror
7.6
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
7.3
Arrival
Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
7.6
Avatar
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
7.6
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
6.8
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
7.6
The Intouchables
Drama, Comedy
8.3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantasy, Adventure
7.3
Avatar: The Way of Water
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
7.6
Midsommar
Horror, Drama, Mystery
7.2
Similar
Yanks
Romance, Drama, War
6.0
D-Day: Normandy 1944
Documentary, History, War
6.9
The Haunted Airman
Drama, Thriller, Horror, TV Movie
5.1
They Came to Blow Up America
Drama, War
6.2
Hangmen Also Die!
Drama, Thriller, War
6.9
Reach for the Sky
War, Drama
6.7
Not Scared to Die
Action, Drama, History
5.7
Europa Europa
History, Drama, War
7.3
Topos
Drama, History
6.5
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
Documentary, History
8.0
Swing Kids
Music, Drama
6.7
Enigma
Mystery, Drama, Thriller, Romance, War
6.3
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the Fourth Reich
Action, War, History
5.4
The Honourable Rebel
Drama, History
0.0
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann
Comedy, Drama
8.0
M/S Gustloff
Drama, History, War
5.9
Tommy
Drama, Music
6.5
The Eagle Has Landed
Adventure, Drama, Action, Thriller, War
6.6
It Happened in Athens
Comedy, Drama
5.1
See You in the Next War
Drama, War
5.0