The English Patient
In love, there are no boundaries.
Overview
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
- Budget
- $27,000,000
- Revenue
- $231,976,425
- Production
- Miramax, The Saul Zaentz Company, Tiger Moth Productions
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Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Almásy
Juliette Binoche
Hana
Willem Dafoe
David Caravaggio
Kristin Scott Thomas
Katharine Clifton
Naveen Andrews
Sikh Kip
Colin Firth
Geoffrey Clifton
Julian Wadham
Madox
Torri Higginson
Mary
Jürgen Prochnow
Major Muller
Kevin Whately
Sgt. Hardy
Clive Merrison
Fenelon-Barnes
Nino Castelnuovo
D'Agostino
Hichem Rostom
Fouad
Geordie Johnson
Oliver
Liisa Repo-Martell
Jan
Raymond Coulthard
Rupert Douglas
Philip Whitchurch
Corporal Dade
Jason Done
Kiss Me Soldier
Roger Morlidge
Sergeant - Desert Train
Simon Sherlock
Private - Desert Train
Crew
- Director
- Anthony Minghella
- Writers
- Anthony Minghella
- Cinematography
- John Seale
- Composer
- Gabriel Yared
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CinemaSerf
June 29, 2022
"Hana" (Juliette Binoche) volunteers to remain in war-torn Italy to look after her badly burnt patient. Who is he? Well nobody knows. All he recalls is that he came from England and that some time ago he was married. The arrival of the enigmatic Canadian "Caravaggio" (Willem Dafoe) starts to unravel the mystery as his suspicions as to the bedridden man's true identity, along with that man's gradually more lucid recollections take us back to a time when he first arrived in North Africa. He is "Co…
NunzioGiannatelli
March 8, 2026
Also remembered for a rare full frontal scene involving Kristin Scott Thomas' hairy triangle, The English Patient serves as a poignant critique of how nationalism and colonial borders dismantle human connection. The desert’s "mapless" freedom offers a romantic sanctuary, yet this ideal is ultimately crushed by the rigid, lethal identities imposed by WWII. Through Kip, the Sikh sapper, the film exposes the racial hierarchies inherent in the British Empire, highlighting how Western narratives ofte…