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The English Patient 4K UHD + Blu-Ray (US Import)
Criterion

Pre-order - Release date: 08.12.2026

Original title: The English Patient

Year: 1996
Country: USA / UK
Region code: 4K UHD: A/B/C; Blu-Ray: A
Contents: 4K UHD + Blu-Ray
EAN: 715515345415

Image: 1.85:1 (2160p)

HDR: Dolby Vision / HDR10

Audio: English - 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio

Subtitles: English SDH

Age rating: R

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Jürgen Prochnow

Director: Anthony Minghella


Synopsis:

Anthony Minghella transforms Michael Ondaatje’s prizewinning novel into one of the most breathtaking romances ever put on-screen, a film that captured both the cultural imagination and the Academy Awards (winning nine Oscars, including Best Picture). Rescued from a crashed plane in the Sahara during World War II, a badly burned, unidentified man (Ralph Fiennes) comes under the care of a compassionate nurse (Juliette Binoche), as he pieces together the memories of an affair that led him to a life-shaking reckoning. The English Patient is epic filmmaking of rare intelligence and delicacy, and a piercing reflection on the barriers that war creates and love transcends.

Special Features:

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director of photography John Seale, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the special features
• New program featuring Seale and script supervisor Dianne Dreyer
• Two audio commentaries, featuring director Anthony Minghella, producer Saul Zaentz, and author Michael Ondaatje
• Documentary on the making of the film
• Interviews with Minghella, Ondaatje, Zaentz, editor Walter Murch, production designer Stuart Craig, stills photographer Phil Bray, and historians Robert Collins and David Hall
• Deleted scenes with commentary by Minghella
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic Bilal Qureshi