The English Patient (1996)

The Major Who Takes Thumbs

During an interrogation, Major Muller (Jurgen Prochnow) tortures Caravaggio (Willem Dafoe) by chopping off his thumbs.

Directed by Anthony Minghella.

Released in 1996 by Miramax Films.

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  • setting: Basement
  • theme: Obedience
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  • actor: Jürgen Prochnow
  • actor: Willem Dafoe
  • director: Anthony Minghella
  • producer: Scott Greenstein
  • producer: Paul Zaentz
  • producer: Saul Zaentz
  • producer: Alessandro von Norman
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  • cinematographer: John Seale
  • composer: Gabriel Yared
  • editor: Walter Murch
  • costume-designer: Gary Jones
  • costume-designer: Ann Roth
  • production-designer: Stuart Craig
  • role-name: Major Muller
  • role-name: David Caravaggio
  • screenwriter: Michael Ondaatje
  • screenwriter: Anthony Minghella
  • year: 1996
  • studio: Miramax Films