The English Patient
The English Patient is a 1996 epic romantic war drama film directed by Anthony Minghella from his own script based on the 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje, and produced by Saul Zaentz. The film stars Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas alongside Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Colin Firth in supporting roles.
Plot
German gunners shoot down a British biplane flying across a desert. A group of Bedouin pulls the badly burned pilot from the wreckage, rescuing him.