Book-to-screen adaptation
The English Patient: Book-to-Movie Adaptation
Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel becomes Anthony Minghella's Oscar-sweeping epic romance. A mysterious burned man's identity and passionate wartime love affair is revealed through flashbacks in this visually sumptuous and emotionally devastating story of desire, betrayal, and the wounds love leaves behind.
7.41996RomanceDramaWarHistoricalBook Adaptation
Adaptation Details
Book
The English Patient
Screen Title
The English Patient
Cast
Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe
Release Year
1996
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