The English Patient
“In love, there are no boundaries.”
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.
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Studio
Miramax
Language
en
Status
Released
How The English Patient performed
Budget
$27.0M
Worldwide Gross
$232.0M
Gross Profit
$205.0M
Return
8.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$33M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Almásy
Ralph Fiennes
Almásy
Hana
Juliette Binoche
Hana
David Caravaggio
Willem Dafoe
David Caravaggio
Katharine Clifton
Kristin Scott Thomas
Katharine Clifton
Sikh Kip
Naveen Andrews
Sikh Kip
Geoffrey Clifton
Colin Firth
Geoffrey Clifton
Madox
Julian Wadham
Madox
Mary
Torri Higginson
Mary
Major Muller
Jürgen Prochnow
Major Muller
Sgt. Hardy
Kevin Whately
Sgt. Hardy
Fenelon-Barnes
Clive Merrison
Fenelon-Barnes
D'Agostino
Nino Castelnuovo
D'Agostino
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