The English Patient
A determined wartime nurse teams up with a severely burned, amnesiac soldier to unravel his mysterious past while battling the horrors of WWII Italy and confronting a deadly superstition that threatens everyone she loves.
“In love, there are no boundaries.”
Synopsis
In the 1930s, Count László Almásy is a Hungarian cartographer employed by the Royal Geographical Society to map the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert, working alongside several other notable explorers. As World War II begins, Almásy becomes entangled in a complex web of love, betrayal, and political intrigue.
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A crew of 50+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Walter MurchShot by John SealeScored by Gabriel YaredDesigned by Stuart Craig
Box Office
1996 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.6× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$232.0M
US & Canada: $78.7M — 34% of worldwide · International: $153.3M (66%)
Opening weekend: $278K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $493K — 1% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 10 theaters
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Also known as
- Der englische Patientde
- El paciente ingléses
- Le Patient anglaisfr
- Il paziente ingleseit
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Cast & Crew
50 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Ralph Fiennes
as Almásy
Juliette Binoche
as Hana
Willem Dafoe
as Caravaggio
Kristin Scott Thomas
as Katharine Clifton
Naveen Andrews
as Kip
Colin Firth
as Geoffrey Clifton
Julian Wadham
as Madox
Kevin Whately
as Hardy
Clive Merrison
as Fenelon-Barnes
Jurgen Prochnow
as Major Muller
Torri Higginson
as Mary
Nino Castelnuovo
as D'Agostino
Supporting cast
28Hichem Rostom
as Fouad
Peter Ruhring
as Bermann
Geordie Johnson
as Oliver
Liisa Repo Martell
as Jan
Raymond Coulthard
as Rupert Douglas
Philip Whitchurch
as Corporal Dade
Jason Done
as Kiss Me Soldier
Roger Morlidge
as Sergeant - Desert Train
Simon Sherlock
as Private - Desert Train
Sebastian Schipper
as Interrogation Room Soldier
Fritz Eggert
as Interrogation Room Soldier
Sonia Mankai
as Arab Nurse
Rim Turkhi
as Aicha
Sebastian Rudolph
as Officer In Square
Thoraya Sehill
as Interpreter In Square
Sondos Belhassen
as Woman with Baby In Square
Gregor Truter
as Corporal - El Taj
Salah Miled
as Bedouin Doctor
Abdellatif Hamrouni
as Ancient Arab
Samy Azaiez
as Kamal
Habib Chetoui
as Al Auf
Philippa Day
as Officer's Wife
Amanda Walker
as Lady Hampton
Paul Kant
as Sir Ronald Hampton
Matthew Ferguson
as Young Canadian Soldier
Anthony Smee
as Beach Interrogation Officer
Lee Ross
as Spalding
Dominic Mafham
as Officer - El Taj
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1Other crew
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