The White Countess

"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

Ralph Fiennes

as Todd Jackson

Natasha Richardson

as Countess Sofia Belinskya

Hiroyuki Sanada

as Matsuda

Lynn Redgrave

as Olga Belinskya

Vanessa Redgrave

as Princess Vera Belinskya

Madeleine Potter

as Grushenka

Madeleine Daly

as Katya

Allan Corduner

as Samuel Feinstein

John Wood

as Prince Peter Belinskya

Lee Pace

as Crane

Aislín McGuckin

as Maria

Ying Da

as Kao

Terence Harvey

as Walters

Dragan Mićanović

as Ilya

Wang Luoyong

as Liu

Young Fu Fan

as Fu

Manouk Tideman

as Christina

Hong Lan Hou

as Columbine

Kyle Rothstein

as Harlequin

Jean-Pierre Lorit

as Antoine Jacquier

Timur Engalychev

as Feinstein Child

Lucy Sutton

as Feinstein Child

Amir Maimon

as Feinstein Child

Itay Eltahan

as Feinstein Child

Dan Herzberg

as Frenchman

Jeff Harding

as Company Director

Paul Birchard

as Company Director

Pierre Seznec

as Russian Singer

Zong Xiaojun

as Chinese Foreman

Alexey Frolov

as Pickpocket

Kirill Khmelnitski

as Pickpocket

Alexandar Richardson

as Young Ilya

Rachel Partington

as Young Sofia

Ramin Razaghi Sefati

as Stallholder

Nicole Utterbeck

as American Girl

Ke Qin Yao

as General Ji Deng

Jin Quan Liu

as General Shen Yinchu

Matt Eaton

as Man Reading Paper

Tomas Hernell

as Pierrot

David Sutton

as Punchinello

Violaine Motte

as Cat and Monkey Dancer

Jimbo

as Cat and Monkey Dancer

Len Marchi

as Hospital Doctor

Geoffrey Lieter

as Anti-Semite

Shu Chang

as Woman Helping Jackson

Tetsuro Uragami

as Japanese Officer

Zheng Hua Shu

as Trumpet Player

Hollie Johnson

as Lead Secretary (uncredited)

Charles Reston

as Jealous Young Man

Lin Dongfu

as Taxi Dance Hall Manager (as Lin Dong Fu)

Crew

James Ivory

Director

Kazuo Ishiguro

Writer

Ismail Merchant

Producer

Richard Robbins

Original Music Composer

Christopher Doyle

Director of Photography

John David Allen

Editor

Celestia Fox

Casting

Andrew Sanders

Production Design

Chen Shaomian

Art Direction

Steve Simmonds

Art Direction

Yu Baiyang

Art Direction

Bin Lan

Set Decoration

Bian Qi

Set Decoration

Shanqing Wang

Set Decoration

John Bright

Costume Design

Carol Hemming

Makeup Designer

Carol Hemming

Hair Designer

Martina Kohl

Makeup Department Head

Martina Kohl

Hair Department Head

George Every

First Assistant Director

Xiaosong Que

Art Department Coordinator

Colin Thurston

Property Master

Lingen Yuan

Property Master

Coll Anderson

Sound Effects Editor

Brian Bowles

ADR Editor

Dave Flynch

Foley Editor

Robert Hein

Sound Designer

Sylvia Menno

Dialogue Editor

Glenfield Payne

Sound Effects Editor

Christophe Penchenat

Boom Operator

David Wahnon

Dialogue Editor

Mike Wood

ADR Editor

David Fletcher

Special Effects Supervisor

Ho Po-Wing

Dolly Grip

Jianmin Ji

Gaffer

Tomoko Kikuchi

Still Photographer

Rosie Grant

Wardrobe Supervisor

Richard Sale

Wardrobe Supervisor

Giles Gardner

First Assistant Editor

Tass Filipos

Music Editor

Jamie Hopkings

Orchestrator

Catherine Allinson

Script Supervisor

Karole Armitage

Choreographer

Brooks Baldwin

Dialect Coach

Randall Balsmeyer

Title Designer

Melissa Chung

Production Coordinator

Christie Wang

Translator

Paul Bradley

Co-Producer

Wenxia Fu

Executive Producer

Andreas Grosch

Producer

Richard Hawley

Co-Producer

Patrick Ko

Executive Producer

Andre Morgan

Executive Producer

Ren Zhonglun

Producer

Andreas Schmid

Executive Producer

Marcus Schöfer

Executive Producer

Wang Daling

Executive Producer

Tianyan Wang

Executive Producer