The story happened in 1943 during World War II. One day, an allied radio station was shot down in the desert of North Africa. The pilot on board was badly burned. Arab nomads in the desert saved him and treated him for burns. Two years later, the pilot was admitted to the Canadian military hospital stationed in Italy. There is a female nurse named Hannah in the hospital, and she is the most compatible with him. The war made Hannah experience a lot of pain; Her boyfriend was killed in the battle with Qian Qian, and she witnessed her good friend being blown to the sky by a shell ... When Hannah learned that The English Patient was not far from death, she persuaded her boss to take care of him alone. They came to a school that was badly bombed. Hannah read for him and joined the loading and unloading team, while he told her the past when the pain was slightly relieved. At this time, an allied agent Caravacci appeared in the church. He suspected that "The English Patient"-Hungarian laszlo almasi was a German spy.

In fact, almasi is a desert explorer. Before the war, when he came to the desert of North Africa to do painting work, he met his colleague Clifton's new wife Catherine, and they fell in love immediately, but they both tried their best to control their feelings. One day, in a big sandstorm, they were forced to hide in the cab of a truck. They couldn't help it anymore and fell in love. Clifton found that his wife often dated almasi, which he ignored. After the war broke out, Clifton took Catherine to the adventure camp. He tried to get rid of him by crashing the plane next to almasi. As a result, he didn't kill almasi, but died in the vast desert. Catherine was also injured. Olma hid her in a cave and then went back to the desert for help.

At this time, the nearby village was occupied by the British. They began to suspect Almasi's name, which didn't sound like English at all, so they arrested him. Later, almasi escaped from the British escort train. In order for the Germans to help him find Catherine, he exchanged the map for the adventure. He finally found his lover, but Catherine had already died of her injuries. Almasi sadly took Catherine's body on the plane and left. Unfortunately, it was shot down by the Germans. Almasi was seriously injured, burned beyond recognition and dying.

Shortly after Caravacci arrived at the church, another Sikh officer, Kip, who was in charge of defusing the bomb, also came here. He and Hannah gradually became lovers. One night, as soon as Kip and Sergeant Hardy defused a bomb, they heard the news that the war was over. While they were celebrating excitedly, Hardy was killed by a mine.

Almas woke up from his memory and asked Hannah to give him a large dose of morphine. Hana met his request lovingly. Those who survived the war later left the church.

"British Smoker" was a great success at the 69th Academy Awards this year, winning nine awards, including best film, best director and best supporting actress. The film's adaptation of the novel of the same name is very successful, which not only retains the impressionist color of the original, but also has a romantic atmosphere. Through what happened between several little people in World War II, the cruelty of the war was described, and the love story under the background of the war added a kind of tragic and sacred. This film is set in the Sahara desert, with ups and downs, grand scenes and vivid characters. The whole film crew can be described as a small "United Nations". They come from Britain, French, Australian, Tunisia and other countries. The English Patient is a rare film in history that was not made in the United States and won an Oscar.