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.
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Ralph Fiennes | Almásy |
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Juliette Binoche | Hana |
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Willem Dafoe | Caravaggio |
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Kristin Scott Thomas | Katharine Clifton |
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Naveen Andrews | Kip |
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Colin Firth | Geoffrey Clifton |
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Julian Wadham | Madox |
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Jürgen Prochnow | Major Muller |
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Kevin Whately | Hardy |
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Clive Merrison | Fenelon-Barnes |
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Nino Castelnuovo | D'Agostino |
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Hichem Rostom | Fouad |
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Peter Rühring | Bermann |
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Geordie Johnson | Oliver |
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Torri Higginson | Mary |
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Liisa Repo-Martell | Jan |
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Raymond Coulthard | Rupert Douglas |
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Philip Whitchurch | Corporal Dade |
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Lee Ross | Spalding |
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Anthony Smee | Beach Interrogation Officer |
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Matthew Ferguson | Young Canadian Soldier |
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Jason Done | Kiss Me Soldier |
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Roger Morlidge | Sergeant / Desert Train |
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Simon Sherlock | Private / Desert Train |
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Sebastian Schipper | Interrogation Room Soldier |
Director | Anthony Minghella |
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Writer | Michael Ondaatje, Anthony Minghella | |
Producer | Steve E. Andrews, Scott Greenstein, Alessandro von Norman, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Paul Zaentz, Saul Zaentz | |
Musician | Gabriel Yared | |
Photography | John Seale |