Oct 30, 2005
135 min
Full-HD

The White Countess (2005)

In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia, a fallen member of the exiled Russian aristocracy, and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create.

Category

Drama Romance War

Country

China Germany United States of America United Kingdom

Companies

Shanghai Film Group Merchant Ivory Productions China Film Co-Production Rising Star Productions Global Cinema Group Sony Pictures Classics VIP Medienfonds 3 Global Cinema

Ralph Fiennes

Todd Jackson

Natasha Richardson

Countess Sofia Belinskya

Hiroyuki Sanada

Matsuda

Lynn Redgrave

Olga Belinskya

Vanessa Redgrave

Princess Vera Belinskya

Madeleine Potter

Grushenka

Madeleine Daly

Katya

Allan Corduner

Samuel Feinstein

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