The White Countess
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$16000000
Revenue
$4092682
Runtime
135 min
Release Date
2005-10-30
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
81
Vote Average
6.2
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
John Wood
Prince Peter Belinskya
Lee Pace
Crane
Aislín McGuckin
Maria
Ying Da
Kao
Terence Harvey
Walters
Dragan Mićanović
Ilya
Wang Luoyong
Liu
Young Fu Fan
Fu
Manouk Tideman
Christina
Hong Lan Hou
Columbine
Kyle Rothstein
Harlequin
Jean-Pierre Lorit
Antoine Jacquier
Timur Engalychev
Feinstein Child
Lucy Sutton
Feinstein Child
Amir Maimon
Feinstein Child
Itay Eltahan
Feinstein Child
Dan Herzberg
Frenchman
Jeff Harding
Company Director
Paul Birchard
Company Director
Pierre Seznec
Russian Singer
Zong Xiaojun
Chinese Foreman
Alexey Frolov
Pickpocket
Kirill Khmelnitski
Pickpocket
Alexandar Richardson
Young Ilya
Rachel Partington
Young Sofia
Ramin Razaghi Sefati
Stallholder
Nicole Utterbeck
American Girl
Ke Qin Yao
General Ji Deng
Jin Quan Liu
General Shen Yinchu
Matt Eaton
Man Reading Paper
Tomas Hernell
Pierrot
David Sutton
Punchinello
Violaine Motte
Cat and Monkey Dancer
Jimbo
Cat and Monkey Dancer
Len Marchi
Hospital Doctor
Geoffrey Lieter
Anti-Semite
Shu Chang
Woman Helping Jackson
Tetsuro Uragami
Japanese Officer
Zheng Hua Shu
Trumpet Player
Hollie Johnson
Lead Secretary (uncredited)
Charles Reston
Jealous Young Man
Lin Dongfu
Taxi Dance Hall Manager (as Lin Dong Fu)
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