During World War II, an Italian officer, Captain Corelli, is put in command of a garrison that's occupying the Greek island of Cephallonia. After a beautiful local woman's fiance--a fisherman--departs to fight with the Greek army, she falls in love with Corelli who becomes torn between his own love for her and his political allegiances.
Production Universal Pictures (presents); Studio Canal [fr](presents); Miramax Films (presents); Working Title Films [gb]; Free Range Films(in association with); Canal+ [fr];