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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.
Language
Budget$27,000,000
Revenue $231,976,425
Deutsch,
Italiano,
العربية,
English
Budget$27,000,000
Revenue $231,976,425
Keywords
egypt
secret love
amnesia
airplane
cairo
identity
intelligence
traitor
burn
world war ii
landmine
expedition
cave
sandstorm
cave painting
prisoner of war
map
mine clearer
hearing
desert scientist
desert
Casts

Ralph Fiennes
Almásy

Juliette Binoche
Hana

Willem Dafoe
David Caravaggio

Kristin Scott Thomas
Katharine Clifton

Naveen Andrews
Sikh Kip

Colin Firth
Geoffrey Clifton

Julian Wadham
Madox

Torri Higginson
Mary

Jürgen Prochnow
Major Muller

Kevin Whately
Sgt. Hardy

Clive Merrison
Fenelon-Barnes

Nino Castelnuovo
D'Agostino

Hichem Rostom
Fouad

Peter Rühring
Bermann

Geordie Johnson
Oliver

Liisa Repo-Martell
Jan

Raymond Coulthard
Rupert Douglas

Philip Whitchurch
Corporal Dade

Jason Done
Kiss Me Soldier

Roger Morlidge
Sergeant - Desert Train

Simon Sherlock
Private - Desert Train

Sebastian Schipper
Interrogation Room Soldier
Fritz Eggert
Interrogation Room Soldier

Sonia Mankaï
Arab Nurse

Rim Turkhi
Aicha

Sebastian Rudolph
Officer In Square
Thoraya Sehill
Interpreter In Square

Sondos Belhassen
Woman with Baby In Square

Gregor Truter
Corporal - El Taj
Salah Miled
Bedouin Doctor
Abdellatif Hamrouni
Ancient Arab
Samy Azaiez
Kamal
Habib Chetoui
Al Auf
Philippa Day
Officer's Wife

Amanda Walker
Lady Hampton
Paul Kant
Sir Ronald Hampton

Matthew Ferguson
Young Canadian Soldier
Anthony Smee
Beach Interrogation Officer

Lee Ross
Spalding

Dominic Mafham
Officer - El Taj
Crews

Gabriel Yared
Original Music Composer

Anthony Minghella
Screenplay

Anthony Minghella
Director

Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Alessandro von Norman
Line Producer

Walter Murch
Editor
David Rubin
Casting

Ann Roth
Costume Design

Michael Ondaatje
Novel
Scott Greenstein
Executive Producer
Michelle Guish
Casting

Stuart Craig
Production Design

Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer

John Seale
Director of Photography
Aurelio Crugnola
Art Direction
Saul Zaentz
Producer
Donald Banks
Boom Operator
Aurelio Crugnola
Set Decoration
Fabrizio Sforza
Makeup Artist
Deborah Ross
Title Designer
Gary Jones
Co-Costume Designer
Larry Kaplan
Unit Publicist
Chris Newman
Sound Recordist
Michele Mele
Rigging Grip
Giuseppe Meloni
Rigging Gaffer
Marc-Jon Sullivan
Boom Operator

Stephenie McMillan
Set Decoration
Alessandra Querzola
Assistant Set Decoration
John Bush
Assistant Set Decoration
Luigi Quintili
Construction Coordinator
John Nutt
Dialogue Editor
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutter
William Pine
Color Timer
Antonio Maltempo
Makeup Artist
Robert Randles
Music Editor
Lynn Kamern
Unit Production Manager
Carolyn Choa
Choreographer
Franco Fumagalli
Assistant Art Director
Richard Conway
Special Effects Supervisor
Sara Bolder
Dialogue Editor
Steve E. Andrews
First Assistant Director
Malcolm Fife
Foley Editor

Walter Murch
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Alessandra Sampaolo
Makeup Artist
Ivan Sharrock
Sound Recordist
Louise Constad
Makeup Artist
Pat Jackson
Supervising Sound Editor
Emma Schofield
Second Assistant Director
Tommaso Mele
Key Grip
Tony Teiger
Property Master
Franco Ballati
Unit Production Manager
Dianne Dreyer
Script Supervisor

Neil Lamont
Assistant Art Director
Giuseppe Desiato
Makeup Artist
Morris Flam
Gaffer
Mark Levinson
ADR Supervisor
Mark Berger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Seale
Camera Operator
Richard Duarte
Foley Mixer

David Parker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Quinn
ADR Editor
Paul Zaentz
Associate Producer
Steve E. Andrews
Associate Producer
Tony Wright
Storyboard Artist
Steve Clarke
Standby Painter
Dianna Stirpe
Dialogue Editor
Vito Colazzo
Location Manager
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