Kefalonia was buzzing in the summer of 2000 with film crews and the actors Nicholas Cage Penelope Cruz and John Hurt who are starring
in the film Captain Corelli's Mandolin - 

Most of the filming took place in Sami- and the surrounding hills. The old town  was re created especially for the story. It brought back both happy and sad memories for the people of Kefalonia who endured the war time occupation on Kefalonia. 
       
For those of you who don't know it - here is the story line -
It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war,he proves in time to be civilised, humorous and a consummate musician.

When the local Doctor's daughter's letters to her fiancé - and members of the underground - go unanswered, the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitable. But can this fragile love survive as a war of bestial  savagery gets closer and the lines are drawn between invader and defender?
Captain Corelli Official site...
More pictures here...........

www.kefalonia.co.uk