Best Picture1997 Film Fan Awards69th Academy Awards
Best Picture Nominee
The English Patient (1996)
Nominated Talent & Credits
Saul Zaentz— Saul Zaentz, Producer
Synopsis / Overview
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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BEST PICTURE — 69th Academy Awards (1997)
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