The English Patient

The English Patient

Count Laszlo de Almásy

Hana

David Caravaggio

Kip

Geoffrey Clifton

Madox

Major Muller

Sgt. Hardy

Fenelon-Barnes

D'Agostino

Fouad

Bermann

Oliver

Mary

Jan

Rupert Douglas

Corporal Dade

Spalding

Beach Interrogation Officer

Young Canadian Soldier

Kiss Me Soldier

Sergeant - Desert Train

Private - Desert Train

Interrogation Room Soldier

Interrogation Room Soldier

Arab Nurse (as Sonia Mankai)

Aicha (as Rim Turki)

Officer In Square

Interpreter In Square

Woman with Baby In Square (as Sondess Belhassen)

Officer - El Taj

Corporal - El Taj

Bedouin Doctor

Ancient Arab

Kamal

Al Auf

Officer's Wife (as Phillipa Day)

Lady Hampton

Sir Ronald Hampton

The two biplanes used by the cartographers were original 1930s aircraft designs, the yellow one an American Stearman Model 75; the silver one a British De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth. Of the two, the Stearman is unlikely to have been in the possession of a (British) civilian during the 1930s - nearly all were built for the US military as primary trainers. There were a few hundred civilian-operates Tiger Moths, however, and it is quite likely that a cartographer in the employ of the RGS would have access to one. Both types were heavily used before and during WW2 and many military surplus versions were operated by civilians postwar.

Saul Zaentz had been a particular fan of Anthony Minghella's first film Truly Madly Deeply (1990) and had made it clear that he would like to work with the director. He was therefore delighted when Minghella brought him the book by Michael Ondaatje.

At a charity auction in New York in 2001, a shirt worn by Ralph Fiennes in the film fetched over $1900.

The intervals of lightening seen as Kip, Caravaggio and Hardy carry Almásy around the well are too quick for a thunderstorm.

The fuse on the bomb physically changes between shots while Kip works on it. And, in the extreme close-up of the wires being cut, just one connected wire is seen.

Amount of water in the glass handed to Count László upon arriving at the army poster after walking out of the desert.

Hana: [crying, her face a frozen mask] I must be a curse. Anybody who loves me, anybody who gets close to me... or I must be cursed. Which is it?

Katharine Clifton: I wanted to meet the man who could write such a long paper with so few adjectives.

Madox: I have to teach myself not to read too much into everything. It comes from too long having to read so much into hardly anything at all.