Cefalonia (2005)

• 65%
• 2005
• Drama
• Fernsehfilm
• Historie
• Luca Zingaretti
• Luisa Ranieri
• Corrado Fortuna

Kefalonia tells the real story about what happened in September 1943 on the Greek island of Kefalonia (Kefalonia in German), when the 12,000 men in the 33rd German Acqui Infantry Division, following Italien ' 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 desant, 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 guerilla, 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 German occupation of Kefalonia, but the massacre was much toned down in the Hollywood version.