2005

2h 15m

6.2(81 votes)

Drama

Romance

War

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.

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Cast & Crew

50 members

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Ralph Fiennes

Todd Jackson

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Natasha Richardson

Countess Sofia Belinskya

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真田広之

Matsuda

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Lynn Redgrave

Olga Belinskya

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Vanessa Redgrave

Princess Vera Belinskya

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Madeleine Potter

Grushenka

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Madeleine Daly

Katya

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Allan Corduner

Samuel Feinstein

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John Wood

Prince Peter Belinskya

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Lee Pace

Crane

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Aislín McGuckin

Maria

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英达

Kao

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Terence Harvey

Walters

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Dragan Mićanović

Ilya

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王洛勇

Liu

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Young Fu Fan

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Manouk Tideman

Christina

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Hong Lan Hou

Columbine

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Kyle Rothstein

Harlequin

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Jean-Pierre Lorit

Antoine Jacquier

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Timur Engalychev

Feinstein Child

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Lucy Sutton

Feinstein Child

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Amir Maimon

Feinstein Child

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Itay Eltahan

Feinstein Child

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Dan Herzberg

Frenchman

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Jeff Harding

Company Director

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Paul Birchard

Company Director

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Pierre Seznec

Russian Singer

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宗晓军

Chinese Foreman

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Alexey Frolov

Pickpocket

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Kirill Khmelnitski

Pickpocket

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Alexandar Richardson

Young Ilya

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Rachel Partington

Young Sofia

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Ramin Razaghi Sefati

Stallholder

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Nicole Utterbeck

American Girl

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Ke Qin Yao

General Ji Deng

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Jin Quan Liu

General Shen Yinchu

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Art

Matt Eaton

Man Reading Paper

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Tomas Hernell

Pierrot

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David Sutton

Punchinello

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Violaine Motte

Cat and Monkey Dancer

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Jimbo

Cat and Monkey Dancer

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Len Marchi

Hospital Doctor

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Geoffrey Lieter

Anti-Semite

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Shu Chang

Woman Helping Jackson

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Tetsuro Uragami

Japanese Officer

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Zheng Hua Shu

Trumpet Player

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Hollie Johnson

Lead Secretary (uncredited)

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Charles Reston

Jealous Young Man

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林棟甫

Taxi Dance Hall Manager (as Lin Dong Fu)

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