Count László de Almásy

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fictional character film character novel character

Count László de Almásy is a mysterious, badly burned Hungarian cartographer and desert explorer whose fragmented memories and tragic love affair drive the narrative of Michael Ondaatje’s novel and its film adaptation, The English Patient.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
László de Almásy	3
László Almásy	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ novel character ⓘ
affiliation	German Afrika Korps ⓘ surface form: German Afrika Korps (film depiction)
appearsInWork	The English Patient ⓘ surface form: The English Patient (film) The English Patient ⓘ surface form: The English Patient (novel)
associatedWithObject	works of Herodotus ⓘ surface form: Herodotus’s Histories
basedOn	Count László de Almásy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: László Almásy
causeOfInjury	plane crash in the desert ⓘ
centralCharacterOf	The English Patient ⓘ
characterArcTheme	guilt and redemption ⓘ love and betrayal ⓘ memory and identity ⓘ
createdBy	Michael Ondaatje ⓘ
diesIn	Italian monastery ⓘ
enemyOf	Geoffrey Clifton ⓘ
exploresRegion	Cave of Swimmers ⓘ Gilf Kebir plateau ⓘ Sahara Desert ⓘ
filmDirectedBy	Anthony Minghella ⓘ
hasInjury	severe burns ⓘ
hasTragicLoveAffairWith	Katherine Clifton ⓘ surface form: Katharine Clifton
keptIn	abandoned Italian monastery ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ German ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ
loverOf	Katherine Clifton ⓘ surface form: Katharine Clifton
mannerOfDeath	euthanasia by morphine overdose ⓘ
memoryCondition	fragmented memories ⓘ
nameInFiction	Count László de Almásy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: László de Almásy
narrativeFunction	drives fragmented, nonlinear storytelling ⓘ
narrativeRole	title character ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ
nationality	Hungarian ⓘ
notableTrait	mysterious identity ⓘ obsessive love for Katharine Clifton ⓘ
occupation	cartographer ⓘ desert explorer ⓘ
physicalCondition	badly burned ⓘ
portrayedBy	Ralph Fiennes ⓘ
portrayedIn	The English Patient ⓘ surface form: The English Patient (1996 film)
receivesEuthanasiaFrom	Hana ⓘ
romanticRelationshipType	adulterous affair ⓘ
storySetting	Italian monastery ⓘ North African desert ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
transportedBy	Canadian nurse Hana ⓘ
usesBookAs	personal notebook ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Count László de Almásy → basedOn → Count László de Almásy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: László Almásy

Kristin Scott Thomas as Katherine Clifton → hasLoverInFiction → Count László de Almásy ⓘ

this entity surface form: László de Almásy

The English Patient → mainCharacter → Count László de Almásy ⓘ

Count László de Almásy → nameInFiction → Count László de Almásy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: László de Almásy

Ralph Fiennes → portrayed → Count László de Almásy ⓘ

Kristin Scott Thomas as Katherine Clifton → screenPartnerCharacter → Count László de Almásy ⓘ

this entity surface form: László de Almásy