The award-winning film "The English Patient" is, in fact, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by the Canadian poet and writer Michael Ondatzhe, for which he was awarded the Booker Prize. The dramatic film reveals to the viewer the horrors of the tragic events of World War II and tells the love story of two lonely hearts against their background.
About the plot
The film "The English Patient", the actors and roles of which will be named later in the text, is filled with doomed and tragic romance. Events unfold at the end of World War II, but the viewer is constantly transferred to the memories of the past, first light and carefree, and then filled with despair and horror. Hannah, a young nurse from Canada, is caring for a very difficult patient. Life in his charred body is gradually dying away, and she decides to stay with him in an abandoned monastery in Italy, and not follow the ambulance train. Having recently experienced personal grief, she herself yearns for solitude and silence. Caring for the mysterious English patient, Hannah gradually learns about his past, individual memories form a single whole, like a mosaic.
Awards
There are not many feature films that have received as many awards as The English Patient. The actors and the film crew were awarded 9 Oscar statuettes (total number of nominations - 12), two Golden Globes and six awards of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, as well as an award from the Berlin Film Festival and the European Film Academy.
Ralph Fiennes
The British theater and film actor played a major role in the film. He embodied on the screen the image of Count Laszlo Almasi - the Hungarian aristocrat, cartographer, explorer and discoverer of the Cave of swimmers. The personality is real, and it was his biography that was the basis of the book. In the story, a dying patient tells Hannah his story of a tragic love for a married woman against the background of bloody historical events and the failure of the anti-fascist agent network. After his plane was shot down, he survived, but suffered terrible burns and at first did not remember anything, not even his name. For all, he is just an English patient. Actors are often forced to make certain sacrifices for the sake of filming. R. Fiennes was made up daily for 5 hours, and he insisted that the make-up should be applied completely to the whole body, and not just to the face, for reliability. The actor for the role of Count was nominated for an Oscar.
The English Patient: actors and roles. Juliette Binoche
The charming French film actress played the role of the radiant, kind and caring Hannah. Having received the care of an English patient, she realizes that life in it is dying away every day. Realizing the inevitability of his imminent death, she takes responsibility and stops in an abandoned monastery. Against the backdrop of the awakening spring nature and bright colors of Italy, she learns his story and finds her love, blossoming, like a flower, towards the sun.
The film "The English Patient" brought popularity to many future stars. Actors received the viewer's love and awards. Including Juliette Binoche - in her piggy bank Oscar, National Board of Review, Academic Award, statuette of the Berlin Film Festival, European Film Award, British Film Academy Award.
Katherine Clifton - Kristin Scott Thomas
The British actress played the role of a married English aristocrat: brilliant and energetic, loving and suffering. It is with her that the count falls madly in love, he does not manage to keep his feelings under control, and as a result, a romance begins. As the actress admits, after reading the script, she was so delighted and shocked that, having gathered courage, she herself offered herself the main role to the director, but he did not mind. A vibrant game was marked by an Oscar nomination. One of the contenders for the role was Demi Moore.
Other actors in the movie "English Patient"
The role of husband Katherine Clifton Jeffrey was played by the famous Briton Colin Firth. His character is charming and sincere, he is a well-known specialist in cartography in the UK. He is absolutely happy and ready to share this feeling with the whole world, because he has a beloved job and an adored wife, whom he knows from early childhood.
Then, still quite young and beginner, and now the famous British actor Naveen Andrews (the audience remembers him from the TV series "Lost") played the role of Lieutenant Kip Sinha. The courageous and noble military conquered Hannah at first sight. However, having found love, she is forced to part with him soon.
Perhaps one of the main advantages of the film "The English Patient" is the actors. The brilliant composition and talent of these people ensured the success of the picture. Superbly written script attracted including Willem Dafoe. The American film and theater actor, screenwriter and producer embodied the image of David Caravaggio on the screen (pictured below). He became a companion to the nurse of the dying count. The mysterious Canadian was looking for one man through whose fault he suffered the torture of the Nazis and remained forever with disfigured hands. He, along with the rest of the agent network team, was betrayed and given to the Germans.
Here are such actors were involved in the film "English Patient". The main roles in the film are selected so flawlessly that the film can rightfully be considered one of the pearls of world cinema. Tragic and at the same time affirming the power of love and faith, he leaves warm feelings and emotions in everyone’s soul.