The English Patient

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-12-06

Languages:

English, German, Italian, Arabic

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

162 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (131121 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Minghella

Genres:

Drama Romance War

Cast:

Ralph Fiennes Juliette Binoche Willem Dafoe Kristin Scott Thomas

Writer:

Michael Ondaatje (novel)

Anthony Minghella (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Beginning in the 1930's, "The English Patient" tells the story of Count Almèsy who 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, Almèsy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics that is later revealed in a series of flashbacks while Almèsy is on his death bed after being horribly burned in a plane crash.

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