• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1996-11-14
  • Runtime162 minutes
  • TaglineIn love, there are no boundaries.
  • Revenue231,976,425$
  • GenreDrama, Romance, War
  • Production
    CompaniesMiramax, The Saul Zaentz Company, Tiger Moth Productions
  • Budget27,000,000$

Movie 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.

Casts

Ralph Fiennes

Juliette Binoche

Willem Dafoe

Kristin Scott Thomas

Naveen Andrews

Colin Firth

Julian Wadham

Torri Higginson

Jürgen Prochnow

Kevin Whately

Clive Merrison

Nino Castelnuovo

Hichem Rostom

Peter Rühring

Geordie Johnson

Liisa Repo-Martell

Raymond Coulthard

Philip Whitchurch

Jason Done

Roger Morlidge

Simon Sherlock

Sebastian Schipper

Sonia Mankaï

Rim Turkhi

Sebastian Rudolph

Sondos Belhassen

Gregor Truter

Amanda Walker

Lee Ross

Dominic Mafham