Deliberate mistake: The actual Lazlo Almasy died in the 1950's after voluntarily serving with the German Army and SS during WWII.
The English Patient (1996)
1 deliberate mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Naveen Andrews
Factual error: After Hardy dies and they're going through his possessions, a football scarf is pulled from his kit bag. The scarf has a Sunderland AFC badge. The film is set in World War II. The badge on the scarf was introduced in the 1970s.
Almásy: When were you most happy?
Katharine Clifton: Now.
Almásy: And when were you least happy?
Katharine Clifton: Now.
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