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Being tended by a devoted nurse in a deserted Italian villa at the end of the second world war, a dying Austrian count, Count László Almásy (Ralph Fiennes)recalls his doomed affair with the English wife of a colleague.

This film won the Best Picture award at the Oscars.

Alternative title(s):

El Paciente Inglés
Le patient anglais

Keywords:

Drama, Romance, War, Historical, History, Based-on-Novel, World War, Oscar Best Picture, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWII, WW2, Oscar Best Actor Nominee, Oscar Best Actress Nominee, World War 2

Additional Information:

(1996) (5 Star)

Cast:

Ralph Fiennes	.... Almásy
Juliette Binoche	.... Hana
Willem Dafoe	.... Caravaggio
Kristin Scott-Thomas	.... Katharine Clifton
Naveen Andrews	.... Kip
Colin Firth	.... Geoffrey Clifton

Supporting Cast:

Julian Wadham	.... Madox
Jürgen Prochnow	.... Major Muller
Kevin Whately	.... Hardy
Clive Merrison	.... Fenelon-Barnes
Nino Castelnuovo	.... D'Agostino
Hichem Rostom	.... Fouad
Peter Rühring	.... Bermann
Geordie Johnson	.... Oliver
Torri Higginson	.... Mary

Directors:

Anthony Minghella

Writers:

Michael Ondaatje
Anthony Minghella

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