The English Patient

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film romantic war drama film

The English Patient is a 1996 romantic war drama film, based on Michael Ondaatje’s novel, that follows the tragic, interwoven stories of several characters during World War II and won multiple Academy Awards.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
The English Patient canonical	57
The English Patient (film)	5
The English Patient (novel)	5
the English patient	4
The English Patient (1996 film)	3
The English Patient universe	3
The English Patient (1992 novel)	2
novel "The English Patient"	2
"The English Patient"	1
Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient	1
The English Patient (narrative)	1
The English Patient (novel by Michael Ondaatje)	1
film "The English Patient"	1

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instanceOf	film ⓘ romantic war drama film ⓘ
adaptationOf	The English Patient self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The English Patient (novel)
authorOfSourceWork	Michael Ondaatje ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ BAFTA Award for Best Film ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
basedOn	The English Patient self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The English Patient (novel)
boxOfficeWorldwideUSD	231000000 ⓘ
castMember	Clive Merrison ⓘ Colin Firth ⓘ Julian Wadham ⓘ Juliette Binoche ⓘ Jürgen Prochnow ⓘ Kevin Whately ⓘ Kristin Scott Thomas ⓘ Naveen Andrews ⓘ Ralph Fiennes ⓘ Torri Higginson ⓘ Willem Dafoe ⓘ
cinematographer	John Seale ⓘ
composer	Gabriel Yared ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfSetting	Egypt ⓘ Italy ⓘ
director	Anthony Minghella ⓘ
distributor	Miramax Films ⓘ
editor	Walter Murch ⓘ
filmingLocation	Italy ⓘ Tunisia ⓘ
genre	romantic drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ
mainCharacter	Count László de Almásy ⓘ David Caravaggio ⓘ Hana ⓘ Katherine Clifton ⓘ Kip ⓘ
nominations	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableFor	winning multiple Academy Awards ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	Colin Firth ⓘ surface form: Colin Firth as Geoffrey Clifton Juliette Binoche as Hana ⓘ Kristin Scott Thomas as Katherine Clifton ⓘ Naveen Andrews as Kip ⓘ Ralph Fiennes as Count László de Almásy ⓘ Willem Dafoe ⓘ surface form: Willem Dafoe as David Caravaggio
producer	Saul Zaentz ⓘ
productionCompany	Miramax Films ⓘ Tiger Moth Productions ⓘ
releaseDate	1996-11-15 ⓘ
releaseYear	1996 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes	162 ⓘ
screenplayAdaptationFrom	The English Patient self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient
screenwriter	Anthony Minghella ⓘ
setInPeriod	World War II ⓘ

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