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.

Ralph Fiennes
as Almásy

Juliette Binoche
as Hana

Willem Dafoe
as David Caravaggio

Kristin Scott Thomas
as Katharine Clifton

Naveen Andrews
as Sikh Kip

Colin Firth
as Geoffrey Clifton

Julian Wadham
as Madox

Torri Higginson
as Mary

Jürgen Prochnow
as Major Muller

Kevin Whately
as Sgt. Hardy
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"Hana" (Juliette Binoche) volunteers to remain in war-torn Italy to look after her badly burnt patient. Who is he? Well nobody knows. All he recalls is that he came from England and that some time ago he was married. The arrival of the enigmatic Canadian "Caravaggio" (Willem Dafoe) starts to unravel...