Q 01/05

Who directed The English Patient?

A) Richard Attenborough

B) Anthony Minghella

C) Neil Jordan

D) James Ivory

Answer · why

B) Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella wrote the screenplay as well. On Oscar night he won Best Director, but his script was nominated and lost.

Q 02/05

Who wrote the 1992 novel The English Patient, on which the film is based?

A) Michael Ondaatje

B) Kazuo Ishiguro

C) Ian McEwan

D) Salman Rushdie

Answer · why

A) Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje stayed close to the production, and grew so absorbed in how the film was cut that he later published a book of his conversations with...

Q 03/05

Who plays the burned title character in The English Patient?

A) Daniel Day-Lewis

B) Ralph Fiennes

C) Jeremy Irons

D) Gary Oldman

Answer · why

B) Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes was nominated for an Oscar as the patient, yet on a night when the film swept the board he was one of its few nominees to go home empty-...

Q 04/05

Which actress plays the nurse Hana in The English Patient?

A) Emmanuelle Béart

B) Isabelle Adjani

C) Sophie Marceau

D) Juliette Binoche

Answer · why

D) Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche won an Oscar as Hana. In a famous scene she is hoisted on a rope through a torch-lit church, swinging up to the frescoes on its walls...

Q 05/05

Who plays Katharine Clifton in The English Patient?

A) Helena Bonham Carter

B) Emma Thompson

C) Kristin Scott Thomas

D) Rachel Weisz

Answer · why

C) Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas was the director's choice. His refusal to swap her for a bigger star was reportedly the flash point that made the film's first st...