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 Fiance - a Member 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?