shanghai, china,countess,american abroad,air raid,nightclub owner,taxi dancer,american diplomat,blind man,russian woman,1930s,living in exile,nightclub hostess,japanese invasion of china,pre world war ii,russian aristocracy,mass exodus

The White Countess (2005)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
James Ivory
  • Profile picture of Ralph Fiennes
    Todd Jackson Ralph Fiennes
  • Profile picture of Natasha Richardson
    Countess Sofia Belinskya Natasha Richardson
  • Profile picture of Hiroyuki Sanada
    Matsuda Hiroyuki Sanada
  • Profile picture of Lynn Redgrave
    Olga Belinskya Lynn Redgrave
  • Profile picture of Vanessa Redgrave
    Princess Vera Belinskya Vanessa Redgrave
  • Profile picture of Madeleine Potter
    Grushenka Madeleine Potter
  • Profile picture of Allan Corduner
    Samuel Feinstein Allan Corduner
  • Profile picture of John Wood
    Prince Peter Belinskya John Wood

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Keywords

  • shanghai, china
  • countess
  • american abroad
  • air raid
  • nightclub owner
  • taxi dancer
  • american diplomat
  • blind man
  • russian woman
  • 1930s
  • living in exile
  • nightclub hostess
  • japanese invasion of china
  • pre world war ii
  • russian aristocracy
  • mass exodus