The English Patient (1996)
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- R
- 2h 42min
- Drama, Romance
- 06 Dec 1996 (USA)
- Movie
At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
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Awards:
- Won 9 Oscars. Another 53 wins & 77 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
| Ralph Fiennes | ... |
Almásy
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| Juliette Binoche | ... |
Hana
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| Willem Dafoe | ... |
Caravaggio
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| Kristin Scott Thomas | ... |
Katharine Clifton
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| Naveen Andrews | ... |
Kip
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| Colin Firth | ... |
Geoffrey Clifton
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| Julian Wadham | ... |
Madox
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| Jürgen Prochnow | ... |
Major Muller
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| Kevin Whately | ... |
Hardy
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| Clive Merrison | ... |
Fenelon-Barnes
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| Nino Castelnuovo | ... |
D'Agostino
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| Hichem Rostom | ... |
Fouad
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Peter Rühring | ... |
Bermann
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Geordie Johnson | ... |
Oliver
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| Torri Higginson | ... |
Mary
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| Liisa Repo-Martell | ... |
Jan
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| Raymond Coulthard | ... |
Rupert Douglas
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| Philip Whitchurch | ... |
Corporal Dade
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| Lee Ross | ... |
Spalding
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Anthony Smee | ... |
Beach Interrogation Officer
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| Matthew Ferguson | ... |
Young Canadian Soldier
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| Jason Done | ... |
Kiss Me Soldier
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| Roger Morlidge | ... |
Sergeant, Desert Train
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Simon Sherlock | ... |
Private, Desert Train
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| Sebastian Schipper | ... |
Interrogation Room Soldier
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Fritz Eggert | ... |
Interrogation Room Soldier
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Sonia Mankaï | ... |
Arab Nurse
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Rim Turki | ... |
Aicha
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| Sebastian Rudolph | ... |
Officer In Square
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Thoraya Sehill | ... |
Interpreter In Square
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Sondos Belhassen | ... |
Woman With Baby In Square
(as Sondess Belhassen)
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| Dominic Mafham | ... |
Officer, El Taj
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| Gregor Truter | ... |
Corporal, El Taj
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Salah Miled | ... |
Bedouin Doctor
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Abdellatif Hamrouni | ... |
Ancient Arab
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Samy Azaiez | ... |
Kamal
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Habib Chetoui | ... |
Al Auf
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Philippa Day | ... |
Officer's Wife
(as Phillipa Day)
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| Amanda Walker | ... |
Lady Hampton
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Paul Kant | ... |
Sir Ronald Hampton
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Fathy El Gharbawy | ... |
Driver (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Anthony Minghella | ||
Written by
| Michael Ondaatje | ... | (novel) |
| Anthony Minghella | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Steve E. Andrews | ... | associate producer (as Steve Andrews) |
| Scott Greenstein | ... | executive producer |
| Alessandro von Norman | ... | line producer (as Alessandro Von Normann) |
| Bob Weinstein | ... | executive producer |
| Harvey Weinstein | ... | executive producer |
| Paul Zaentz | ... | associate producer |
| Saul Zaentz | ... | producer |
Music by
| Gabriel Yared | ||
Cinematography by
| John Seale | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Walter Murch | ||
Editorial Department
| Gary Burritt | ... | negative cutter |
| Rosmary Conte | ... | first assistant editor: film |
| Sean Cullen | ... | apprentice editor |
| Dan Farrell | ... | first assistant editor: film (as Daniel Farrell) |
| Robert Grahamjones | ... | assistant film editor |
| Scott Guitteau | ... | assistant film editor |
| Edie Ichioka | ... | first assistant editor: avid (as Edie Bleiman) |
| Pat Jackson | ... | associate editor |
| Glenn Kasprzycki | ... | telecine operator |
| Robin Lee | ... | assistant film editor |
| Harris Leibowitz | ... | telecine operator |
| William Pine | ... | color timer (as Bill Pine) |
| Franca Silvi | ... | assistant film editor |
| Jeffery Stephens | ... | assistant film editor |
| Blake Danforth | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
| Michael Kelly | ... | post-production (uncredited) |
| Mark Nowicki | ... | remastering colorist (uncredited) |
| Matvey Shatz | ... | color timer (uncredited) |
Casting By
| Michelle Guish | ||
| David Rubin | ||
Production Design by
| Stuart Craig | ||
Art Direction by
| Aurelio Crugnola | ||
Set Decoration by
| Aurelio Crugnola | ||
| Stephenie McMillan | ||
Costume Design by
| Gary Jones | ... | co-costume designer |
| Ann Roth | ||
Makeup Department
| Mustapha Ben Chaabane | ... | hair assistant: Tunisia / makeup assistant: Tunisia |
| Giusy Bovino | ... | chief hair stylist (as Giusi Bovino) |
| Louise Constad | ... | makeup artist: Ms. Binoche and Ms. Scott Thomas |
| Elisabetta De Leonardis | ... | hair stylist |
| Giuseppe Desiato | ... | makeup artist |
| Giacomo Iovino | ... | prosthetics and creature technician |
| Antonio Maltempo | ... | makeup artist |
| Maria Rizzo | ... | hair stylist: second unit / makeup artist: second unit |
| Alessandra Sampaolo | ... | makeup artist |
| Ferid Sfaki | ... | hair assistant: Tunisia / makeup assistant: Tunisia |
| Fabrizio Sforza | ... | makeup artist |
| Chris Fitzgerald | ... | prosthetic painter (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Franco Ballati | ... | unit production manager |
| Hamid Elleuch | ... | unit manager: Tunisia |
| Edie Ichioka | ... | post-production supervisor (as Edie Bleiman) |
| Lynn Kamern | ... | unit production manager |
| Paul Webster | ... | head of production: Miramax (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Steve E. Andrews | ... | first assistant director (as Steve Andrews) |
| Gianni Arduini | ... | first assistant director: second unit |
| Meriem Beschaouch | ... | assistant director: Tunisia |
| Andrea Girolami | ... | assistant director |
| Moez Kamoun | ... | assistant director: Tunisia (as Mouez Kamoun) |
| Moslah Kraiem | ... | assistant director: Tunisia |
| Peter Markham | ... | second unit director |
| Enrico Marrari | ... | second assistant director: second unit (as Andrea Marrari) |
| Emma Schofield | ... | second assistant director |
| Luigi Vallini | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Mohamed Bargaoui | ... | prop master: Tunisia |
| Romano Bellucci | ... | construction manager |
| Brian Bishop | ... | scenic artist |
| Doug Bishop | ... | scenic artist |
| Jamel Bizid | ... | assistant props: Tunisia |
| John Bush | ... | assistant set decorator |
| Bruce Cheesman | ... | props: second unit |
| Steve Clarke | ... | stand-by painter (as Steve Clark) |
| Giulia Chiara Crugnola | ... | draftsman |
| Luciano Curti | ... | painter |
| Stefania D'Amario | ... | art department assistant |
| Roberta Federico | ... | draughtsman |
| Franco Fumagalli | ... | assistant art director |
| Bernie Hearn | ... | stand-by props |
| Maurizio Jacopelli | ... | dressing props (as Maurizio Iacopelli) |
| Taieb Jallouli | ... | assistant art director: Tunisia |
| Neil Lamont | ... | assistant art director |
| Luciano Magagnini | ... | dressing props |
| Roberto Magagnini | ... | stand-by props |
| Paola Mugnai | ... | fresco painter |
| Mauro Nati | ... | dressing props |
| Michela Papa | ... | production assistant: art department |
| Stefano Pessione | ... | art department assistant |
| Franco Pizzonia | ... | construction supervisor: Tunisia (as Francesco Pizzonia) |
| Francesco Postiglione | ... | dressing props |
| Alessandra Querzola | ... | assistant set decorator |
| Luigi Quintili | ... | construction coordinator |
| Mohsen Rais | ... | assistant set dresser: Tunisia |
| Bruno Ranieri | ... | assistant fresco painter |
| Kamel Riabi | ... | prop buyer: Tunisia |
| Stuart Rose | ... | desert cars art director |
| Mick Rossman | ... | stand-by painter |
| Remo Sperati | ... | assistant fresco painter |
| Tony Teiger | ... | property master |
| Ty Teiger | ... | assistant property master: Tunisia |
| Lucinda Thomson | ... | art department stand-by (as Lucinda Thompson) |
| Mohamed Trimeche | ... | assistant props: Tunisia |
| Peter Watson | ... | dressing props |
| Paul Wescott | ... | painter |
| Tony Wright | ... | storyboard artist |
Sound Department
| James Austin | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center (as Jim Austin) |
| Michael Axinn | ... | apprentice sound editor |
| Don Banks | ... | boom operator (as Donald Banks) |
| David Franklin Bergad | ... | assistant dialogue editor |
| Mark Berger | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Sara Bolder | ... | dialogue editor |
| Loren Byer | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Frank Canonica | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Vince Casper | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Amanda Chan | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Moez Cheikh | ... | sound trainee |
| Tobin Davis | ... | assistant dialogue editor (as Tobin Delaca Davis) |
| Adriano Di Lorenzo | ... | sound assistant |
| Adam Dornbusch | ... | sound department intern |
| Richard Duarte | ... | foley mixer |
| Malcolm Fife | ... | foley editor |
| Grant Foerster | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Steve Fontano | ... | assistant foley mixer |
| Anna Geyer | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Aura Gilge | ... | assistant sound effects editor (as Aura Belle Gilge) |
| Pat Jackson | ... | supervising sound editor |
| Rick Kahn | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Stephen Kearney | ... | assistant sound effects editor |
| Michael Kelly | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Mark Levinson | ... | adr supervisor |
| Scott Levitin | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Kyrsten Mate | ... | sound effects editor (as Kyrsten Mate Comoglio) |
| Kathy McVey | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Marnie Moore | ... | foley artist |
| Walter Murch | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Douglas Murray | ... | sound effects editor (as Douglas S. Murray) |
| Jennifer Myers | ... | foley artist |
| Christopher Newman | ... | sound recordist (as Chris Newman) |
| John Nutt | ... | dialogue editor |
| Margie O'Malley | ... | foley artist |
| Dan Olmsted | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| David Parker | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Jim Pasque | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Mark Paul | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Richard Quinn | ... | adr editor |
| Scott G. Roberts | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center (as Scott Roberts) |
| David Roesch | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Gianni Sardo | ... | sound mixer: second unit |
| Roy Segal | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Ivan Sharrock | ... | sound recordist |
| Steve Shurtz | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Greg Simon | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Dianna Stirpe | ... | dialogue editor |
| Marc-Jon Sullivan | ... | boom operator (as Marc Jon Sullivan) |
| Diego Taborda | ... | sound department intern |
| John Timperley | ... | sound engineer |
| Joe Tysl | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Jennifer L. Ware | ... | sound effects editor |
| Laurie Wentworth | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Jeff Whittle | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Mary Works | ... | assistant dialogue editor |
| Marilyn S. Zalkan | ... | 1st assistant sound editor |
| Liberata Zocchi | ... | sound transfer: Rome |
| Frank Canonica | ... | supervising sound recordist: mix stage (uncredited) |
| Ann Kroeber | ... | additional sound effects (uncredited) |
| Luciano Muratori | ... | sound supervisor (uncredited) |
| Primiano Muratori | ... | sound supervisor (uncredited) |
| Douglas Murray | ... | sound designer (uncredited) |
| Michael Semanick | ... | re-recording mixer: premixes (uncredited) |
| Alan Splet | ... | additional sound effects (uncredited) |
| Peter Steinbach | ... | additional sound effects (uncredited) |
| Steven Yeaw | ... | transfer operator (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
| Vince Abbott | ... | animatronic designer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop (as Vincent Abbott) |
| Marion Appleton | ... | artwork: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Fausto Baldinelli | ... | effects crew |
| Raffaele Battistelli | ... | effects crew |
| Nigel Booth | ... | prosthetic makeup artist: English patient, Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Sam Broadbent | ... | fabricator: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Karen Cassie | ... | production supervisor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Mel Coleman | ... | mold maker: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Richard Conway | ... | special effects supervisor |
| Sam Conway | ... | effects crew |
| Dave Eltham | ... | senior effects technician (as David Eltham) |
| Barry Fowler | ... | mold maker: Jim Henson's Creature Shop (as Barry Folwer) |
| Marie Fraser | ... | foam department: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Adrian Getley | ... | foam department: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Tamzine Hanks | ... | fabricator: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Graham High | ... | sculptor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Jeremy Hunt | ... | sculptor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Terry James | ... | mold maker: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Val Jones | ... | hair designer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Louisa Jordan | ... | fabricator: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Andy Lee | ... | foam department: Jim Henson's Creature Shop (as Andy Lees) |
| Giancarlo Mancini | ... | senior effects technician: Italy |
| Esteban Mendoza | ... | fabricator: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Karina Randall | ... | foam department: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Jason Reed | ... | animatronic designer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop (as Jason Read) |
| Andy Roberts | ... | animatronic designer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Francesco Sabelli | ... | effects crew |
| Kelly Sant | ... | silicone department: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Terry Sibley | ... | mold maker: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Paul Stentiford | ... | effects crew |
| John Stephenson | ... | visual supervisor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Tim Willis | ... | senior effects technician |
| Kenny Wilson | ... | mold design supervisor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Simon Clutterbuck | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
| Dave Kelly | ... | chargehand: Jim Henson's Creature Shop (uncredited) |
| Simon Rose | ... | animatronics trainee (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
| Richard Bain | ... | visual effects designer: Digital Film |
| Ian Chisholm | ... | film outputting: Digital Film |
| Frazer Churchill | ... | visual effects designer: Digital Film |
| Chris Emond | ... | visual effects opticals: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Andrew Hall | ... | computer generated designer: Digital Film (as Andy Hall) |
| Matthew Holben | ... | visual effects facility producer: Digital Film |
| Dennis Lowe | ... | visual effects supervisor: Digital Film |
| Julian Mann | ... | computer generated designer: Digital Film |
| Charlie Noble | ... | visual effects designer: Digital Film |
| Matthew Plummer | ... | assistant visual effects producer: Digital Film |
| Paul Riddle | ... | visual effects designer: Digital Film |
| Keith Roberts | ... | computer generated designer: Digital Film |
| Neal Scanlan | ... | creative project supervisor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop |
| Mark Stannard | ... | visual effects designer: Digital Film |
| Arthur Windus | ... | digital line producer: Digital Film |
| Erik De Boer | ... | animator: MPC (uncredited) |
| Dan Glass | ... | visual effects compositor: Digital Film (uncredited) |
| Roma O'Connor | ... | production coordinator (uncredited) |
| Joe Pavlo | ... | digital artist (uncredited) |
| Kevin Phelan | ... | scanning and recoding producer: CFC London (uncredited) |
Stunts
| David Ambrosi | ... | stunt rigger |
| Jim Dowdall | ... | stunt supervisor |
| Steve Griffin | ... | stuntman (as Steve Street-Griffin) |
| Paul Heasman | ... | stunts |
| Riccardo Mioni | ... | stunts |
| Alessandro Novelli | ... | stunt performer |
| Franco Maria Salamon | ... | stunt coordinator (as Franco Salomon) |
| Lee Sheward | ... | stunts |
| Julian Spencer | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Remi Adefarasin | ... | director of photography: second unit |
| Giampaolo Bagala | ... | grip: second unit |
| Abdelaziz Belgaeid | ... | electrician: Tunisia (as Adelaziz Belgaied) |
| Lassad Ben Khelifa | ... | grip: Tunisia |
| Phil Bray | ... | still photographer |
| Daniele Cafolla | ... | electrician |
| Cristina Capone | ... | camera loader: second unit / video playback: second unit |
| Vincenzo Carpineta | ... | focus puller: second unit |
| Marco Contaldo | ... | electrician |
| Roberto De Angelis | ... | second assistant camera |
| Roberto De Nigris | ... | first assistant camera |
| Massimiliano Dessena | ... | grip |
| Maurizio di Stefano | ... | electrician (as Maurizio Di Stefano) |
| Antonello Emidi | ... | camera loader |
| Sergio Faina | ... | grip |
| Morris Flam | ... | gaffer (as Mo Flam) |
| Mohamed Gharbi | ... | electrician: Tunisia |
| Mario Lamoratta | ... | generator operator |
| Maurizio Lorenzetti | ... | video playback operator |
| Gianpaolo Majorana | ... | grip |
| Stefano Marino | ... | best boy |
| Daniele Massaccesi | ... | second camera operator / steadicam operator |
| Francesco Mele | ... | grip |
| Michele Mele | ... | rigging grip |
| Tommaso Mele | ... | key grip |
| Giuseppe Meloni | ... | rigging gaffer |
| Fabrizio Micheli | ... | grip |
| Imed Nouira | ... | grip: Tunisia |
| Michele Pellegrini | ... | electrician |
| Marcello Pericone | ... | electrician (as Marcello Perricone) |
| Carlo Postiglione | ... | grip |
| Alberto Rogante | ... | electrician |
| Salvatore Ruberto | ... | electrician |
| Derin Seale | ... | video playback operator |
| John Seale | ... | camera operator |
| Nejib Shira | ... | electrician: Tunisia (as Nejib Sriha) |
| Severino Tramontani | ... | electrician |
| Marco Adesso | ... | aerial unit (uncredited) |
| Massimiliano Trevis | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Paul J. Franklin | ... | computer animator (uncredited) |
Casting Department
| Deirdre Bowen | ... | casting: Canada |
| Brendan Donnison | ... | voice casting: loop group |
| Risa Kes | ... | casting: Germany |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Alfredo Bocci | ... | set costumer: second unit |
| Gabriella Generosi | ... | seamstress |
| Amel Helali | ... | wardrobe assistant: Tunisia |
| Lilia Lakhoua | ... | wardrobe assistant: Tunisia |
| Iris Horta Lemos | ... | key costumer |
| Donna Maloney | ... | key costumer |
| Kamel Marmouche | ... | wardrobe assistant: Tunisia |
| Adriana Mattiozzi | ... | costumer |
| Tim McKelvey | ... | key costumer |
| Carlo Poggioli | ... | assistant to costume designer |
| Franca Rotondo | ... | seamstress |
| Salvatore Salzano | ... | costumer |
| Montacer Skhiri | ... | wardrobe assistant: Tunisia |
| Claudette Lilly | ... | costume buyer (uncredited) |
Location Management
| Abdelijjabar Ayadi | ... | location manager: Tunisia |
| Annette Carducci | ... | location manager |
| Cristina De Rossi | ... | assistant location manager (as Christina De' Rossi) |
| Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco | ... | location manager |
| Lorenzo Errico | ... | assistant location manager |
| Mouldi Essaidi | ... | location manager: Tunisia |
| Giorgio Gallani | ... | location manager |
| Steve Hart | ... | location scout |
| Mokhtar Joulak | ... | location manager: Tunisia |
| Brahim Toumi | ... | location manager: Tunisia |
| Leila Turki | ... | location manager: Tunisia |
| Vito Colazzo | ... | location manager: second unit, Italy (uncredited) |
Music Department
| John Constable | ... | musician: piano solo |
| Michael Doran | ... | musician: percussion |
| Keith Grant | ... | music recording engineer |
| Timothy Grant | ... | musician: viola |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | ... | conductor: Shepheard's Hotel Jazz Orchestra / music arranger |
| Ling Ling Li | ... | assistant music editor |
| Harry Rabinowitz | ... | conductor: The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields |
| Robert Randles | ... | music editor / soundtrack album producer |
| Georges Rodi | ... | music sound designer |
| Michael Semanick | ... | music premix |
| Jean-Pierre Arquié | ... | composer's assistant (uncredited) |
| Rupert Coulson | ... | assistant recording engineer (uncredited) |
| Paul Edmund-Davies | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
| Fletcher Henderson | ... | music arranger (uncredited) |
| Steve Mair | ... | musician: double bass (uncredited) |
| Guy-Paul Romby | ... | music copyist (uncredited) |
| Robert Winn | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Dianne Dreyer | ... | script supervisor |
| Rachel Griffiths | ... | script supervisor: second unit |
Transportation Department
| Duncan Barbour | ... | special vehicle coordinator |
| Mahmoud Ben Dhifallah | ... | transportation manager: Tunisia |
| Andrea Borella | ... | transportation manager |
| Milton Holman | ... | action vehicles coordinator |
| Stewart Homan | ... | action vehicles coordinator |
Additional Crew
| Franco Actis | ... | pilot: Clifton's Stearman, aerial unit |
| Sergio Arban | ... | mechanic: aerial unit |
| James Austin | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center (as Jim Austin) |
| Amel Becharnia | ... | production coordinator: Tunisia |
| Aziz Ben Chaabane | ... | production assistant: Tunisia |
| Marco Besagni | ... | helicopter pilot: aerial unit |
| Terry Bridle | ... | mechanic: aerial unit |
| Loren Byer | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Frank Canonica | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Vince Casper | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Dino Castelli | ... | production assistant: second unit, Trieste |
| Giorgio Catalano | ... | payroll accountant |
| Amanda Chan | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Mounira Chebbah | ... | production secretary: Tunisia |
| Carolyn Choa | ... | choreographer |
| Riadh Chouanine | ... | set nurse: Tunisia |
| Francesca Cingolani | ... | production coordinator: Rome |
| Alberto De Stefani | ... | accountant: second unit |
| Gabriella Di Santo | ... | production coordinator: second unit |
| Fredrica Drotos | ... | production office: USA |
| Nancy Eichler | ... | assistant: Mr. Zaentz |
| Sarah Ewing | ... | assistant: Mr Minghella |
| Massimiliano Fanti | ... | IT Security |
| Maria Fiorito | ... | production accountant |
| Grant Foerster | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Brenda Fuller | ... | consultant: nursing |
| Aldo Gasparri | ... | armorer: Tuscany |
| Anna Geyer | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Giancarlo Giunchi | ... | helicopter pilot: aerial unit |
| Judith Goodman | ... | production coordinator: Rome & Viareggio |
| Hannah Green | ... | researcher |
| Holly Hardin | ... | assistant production coordinator |
| Arthur Hogben | ... | consultant: demolitions (as Major Arthur Hogben) |
| Robin Jonas | ... | senior executive |
| Rick Kahn | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Larry Kaplan | ... | unit publicist |
| Michael Kelly | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Vernice Klier | ... | dialogue coach: Ms. Binoche |
| Scott Levitin | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Robert Lloyd | ... | production office: USA (as Rob Lloyd) |
| Salvatore Magnisi | ... | accounting assistant |
| Lina Martins | ... | assistant: Ms. Binoche |
| Adel Marzouki | ... | set doctor: Tunisia |
| Eric Mathis | ... | International Sales Agent: Latin America |
| Kathy McVey | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Maria Grazia Mellina | ... | production secretary |
| Karin Mercurio | ... | accountant |
| Dan Olmsted | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Jim Pasque | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Mark Paul | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Silvia Ranfagni | ... | assistant production coordinator |
| Scott G. Roberts | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center (as Scott Roberts) |
| David Roesch | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Carl Schmidt | ... | armorer: Sahara desert |
| Roy Segal | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Steve Shurtz | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Greg Simon | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Enzo Sisti | ... | production auditor |
| Francesca Spinotti | ... | production assistant |
| Ridha Tayak | ... | accountant: Tunisia (as Ridha Taya) |
| Aminta Townshend | ... | production assistant |
| Giorgio Tregnaghi | ... | production accountant: Tunisia |
| Ridha Turki | ... | fiscal representative: International Monastir Films, Tunisia |
| Joe Tysl | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Pino Valenti | ... | airplane coordinator: aerial unit |
| Daniela Vecchi | ... | production coordinator |
| Becky Veduccio | ... | assistant: Mr. Fiennes |
| Clive Watson | ... | pilot: Madox's Tiger Moth, aerial unit |
| Laurie Wentworth | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Alan White | ... | translite backings |
| Jeff Whittle | ... | staff: The Saul Zaentz Film Center |
| Tim Bentinck | ... | adr loop group (uncredited) |
| Carles Berot | ... | dubbing supervisor (uncredited) |
| Christopher Gambale | ... | assistant: Harvey Weinstein (uncredited) |
| Juliet Mason | ... | production accountant (uncredited) |
| Deborah Ross | ... | title designer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Miramax (presents)
- Tiger Moth Productions (copyright owners)
Distributors
- Miramax (1996) (United States) (theatrical)
- Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (1996) (France) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (1997) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Films AB (1997) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Egmont Film (1997) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- RCV Film Distribution (1997) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (1997) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista Pictures (1997) (United States) (VHS) (pan and scan/ two tapes for Miramax Home Entertainment)
- Egmont Film (1997) (Sweden) (VHS)
- Gativideo (1997) (Argentina) (VHS)
- RCV Home Entertainment (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Spentzos Film Home Video (1997) (Greece) (VHS)
- The Criterion Collection (1997) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2000) (France) (DVD)
- Nordisk Film (2000) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Empire (2008) (Romania) (DVD)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- RCV Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (limited edition steelbook)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2010) (Argentina) (DVD) (4-disc Grandes Ganadoras del Oscar)
- Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2012) (Argentina) (DVD) (double feature with "Could Mountain" [2003])
- Buena Vista International (1996) (Chile) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (1997) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Finnkino (1997) (Finland) (theatrical)
- S.C. Entertainment (2000) (India) (theatrical)
- Alliance Atlantis Communications
- Alliance Video (Canada) (VHS)
- Canal+ (1998) (Netherlands) (tv) (limited)
- Egmont Entertainment (2000) (Finland) (DVD)
- Europa Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
- Filmes Castello Lopes (Portugal)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- ITVX (2023) (United Kingdom) (video) (VOD)
- Laurenfilm (Spain)
- Lumière (Brazil) (VHS)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2003) (Finland) (tv)
- Nelonen (2000) (Finland) (tv)
- Nordisk Film Home Entertainment (1997) (Finland) (VHS)
- Nordisk Film (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
- Nordisk Film (2012) (Finland) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Paramount Channel (2021) (France) (tv)
- Paramount Channel (2016) (Italy) (tv)
- Pluto TV (2023) (United States) (video)
- RCV Film Distribution (Belgium)
- RCV Film Distribution (Luxembourg)
- Reel Corporation (2014) (Australia) (DVD)
- Reel DVD (2014) (Australia) (DVD)
- TV5 (2008) (Finland) (tv)
- Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (2015) (United States) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2008) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
- Digital Film (main title animation)
- Digital Film (visual effects)
- Jim Henson's Creature Shop (prosthetics)
- Moving Picture Company (MPC)
- The Computer Film Company (CFC) (title sequence)
Other Companies
- AIR Studios (music recorded at)
- Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (original music performed by)
- Anderson & Sheppard (the producer and director wish to thank)
- Angel Recording Studios (music recorded at)
- Angels & Bermans (the producer and director wish to thank)
- British Pathé (the producer and director wish to thank)
- Cinecittà (Sound Transferred at)
- Cinecittà (cranes and dollies)
- Cinecittà (sound transfer)
- Cinema Completions International (CCI) (completion guaranty provided through)
- Comune di Pienza (the producer and director wish to thank)
- Comuni Di Trieste (the producer and director wish to thank)
- Convento Di Sant'Anna (the producer and director wish to thank)
- Corpo Militaire Della Croce Rossa Italiana (the producer and director wish to thank)
- Deborah Ross Film Design (title design)
- Deluxe Toronto (prints by)
- Dolby Laboratories (IN SELECTED THEATRES)
- Dolby Laboratories (sound post-production)
- Dream Cars (picture car pre production design and logistics)
- F.IIi Cartocci (cranes and dollies supplied by)
- Fantasy Records (Soundtrack Recording Available on)
- Firefly Casting (casting)
- G.H. Mumm & Cie (the producer and director wish to thank)
- Gourmet, Le (catering: Tunisia)
- Hotel Des Bains, Lido Di Venezia (the producer and director wish to thank)
- IVC (digital mastering)
- J&M Entertainment (international distribution consultants)
- Motion Picture Association (MPA)
- Murray Weissman and Associates (marketing and promotion)
- Organizzazioni Cucine Mobili (catering: Italy)
- Pacific Title (end titles)
- Panavision (camera equipment provided by)
- Royal Geographic Society (the producer and director wish to thank)
- SDDS Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (in selected theatres)
- Saul Zaentz Film Center (All film editing, sound editing and Dolby Digital mix completed at)
- Saul Zaentz Film Center (Dolby Digital sound mix)
- Saul Zaentz Film Center (post-production sound services)
- Saul Zaentz Film Center (re-recording facilities)
- Saul Zaentz Film Center (sound editing)
- Shepheard's Hotel Jazz Orchestra (music performed by)
- Steppin' Out (the producer and director wish to thank)
- Studio Solutions Group (Film Rights Acquisition)
- Susan Schulman (literary agent)
- THX Ltd. (digital mastering: laserdisc)
- The British Library (the producer and director wish to thank)
- The Tunisian Government (the producer and director wish to thank)
- Tirelli Costumi (the producer and director wish to thank)
- Truman Van Dyke Company (insurance provided by)
- Tunis Air (the producer and director wish to thank)
- Turner Entertainment (courtesy of: "Gold Diggers of 1933")
- Union Bank of California Entertainment Finance Group (production financing provided by)
- Yad Music (music publisher)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
October 1944 in war torn Italy. Hana (Juliette Binoche), a French-Canadian nurse working in a mobile army medical unit, feels like everything she loves in life dies on her. Because of the difficulty traveling and the dangers, especially as the landscape is still heavily booby-trapped with mines, Hana volunteers to stay behind at a church to care solely for a dying semi-amnesiac patient, who is badly burned and disfigured. She agrees to catch up to the rest of the unit after he dies. All the patient remembers is that he is English, and that he is married. Their solitude is disrupted with the arrival at the church of fellow Canadian David Caravaggio (Willem Dafoe), part of the Intelligence Service, who is certain that he knows the patient as a man who cooperated with the Germans. Caravaggio believes that the patient's memory is largely intact, and that he is running away from his past, in part, or in its entirety. The patient does open up about his past, all surrounding his work as a cartographer in North Africa, which was interrupted by the war. He may not be running from his work as a spy for the Germans as Caravaggio believes, but rather the memory of an affair he had with married Katharine Clifton (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas), the love of his life, and the memory of a promise not totally fulfilled. Hana may also test her theory of her fates with love and death as she embarks on a relationship of her own with Kip Singh (Naveen Andrews), a Sikh from India, whose unit has camped on the now overgrown lawn of the church. Their work entails sweeping for and defusing mines, the discovery of one such mine which had earlier saved her life. Written by Huggo |
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| Taglines | In love, there are no boundaries. See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $27,000,000 (estimated) |
| Opening Weekend United States | $278,439, 17 Nov 1996 |
| Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $134,700,000 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The Germans who shoot at Almásy's plane at the beginning were actually tourists roped into the production because they couldn't afford any more extras. See more » |
| Goofs | Katharine Clifton (Scott-Thomas) explains to Count László Almásy (Fiennes), that her husband is map making in Ethiopia. The year at this point is 1939, and the country was known as Abyssinia until 1945. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Space Jam/The Mirror Has Two Faces/The English Patient/Breaking the Waves (1996). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Yes! We Have No Bananas See more » |
| Crazy Credits | Disclaimer in end credits: "While a number of the characters who appear in this film are based on historical figures, and while many of the areas described - such as the Cave of Swimmers and its surrounding desert - exist and were explored in the 1930s, it is important to stress that this story is a fiction and that the portraits of the characters who appear in it are fictional, as are some of the events and journeys." See more » |
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Katharine Clifton:
My darling. I'm waiting for you. How long is the day in the dark? Or a week? The fire is gone, and I'm horribly cold. I really should drag myself outside but then there'd be the sun. I'm afraid I waste the light on the paintings, not writing these words. We die. We die rich with lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we've entered and swum up like rivers. Fears we've hidden in - like this wretched cave. I want all this marked on my body. We are the real countries. Not boundaries drawn on maps with the names of powerful men. I know you'll come carry me out to the Palace of Winds. That's what I've wanted: to walk in such a place with you. With friends, on an earth without maps. The lamp has gone out and I'm writing in the darkness. See more » |