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The last movie from the team of Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, and Kazuo Ishiguro. Set in 1930s Shanghai, "The White Countess" is both Sofia (Natasha Richardson), a fallen member of the Russian aristocracy, and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat named Jackson (Ralph Fiennes), who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create.

Genres: Drama, Family, History, Romance

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Hiroyuki Sanada

Released: October 30, 2005

Runtime: 135.0

Popularity Rating: 5.081

Merchant Ivory Productions, Shanghai Film Group, Sony Pictures Classics

China, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, United States of America

Todd Jackson Ralph Fiennes
Countess Sofia Belinskya Natasha Richardson
Matsuda Hiroyuki Sanada
Olga Belinskya Lynn Redgrave
Princess Vera Belinskya Vanessa Redgrave
Grushenka Madeleine Potter
Katya Madeleine Daly
Samuel Feinstein Allan Corduner
Prince Peter Belinskya John Wood
Crane Lee Pace
Maria Aislin McGuckin
Kao Ying Da
Walters Terence Harvey
Ilya Dragan Micanovic
Liu Luoyong Wang
Fu Young Fu Fan
Christina Manouk Tideman
Columbine Hong Lan Hou
Harlequin Kyle Rothstein
Antoine Jacquier Jean-Pierre Lorit

Art — Art Department Coordinator: Xiaosong Que
Art — Art Direction: Baiyang Yu
Art — Art Direction: Chen Shaomian
Art — Art Direction: Steve Simmonds
Art — Production Design: Andrew Sanders
Art — Property Master: Colin Thurston
Art — Property Master: Lingen Yuan
Art — Set Decoration: Bian Qi
Art — Set Decoration: Bin Lan
Art — Set Decoration: Shanqing Wang
Art — Title Designer: Randall Balsmeyer
Camera — Director of Photography: Christopher Doyle
Camera — Dolly Grip: Po Wing Ho
Camera — Still Photographer: Tomoko Kikuchi
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: John Bright
Costume & Make-Up — Hair Department Head: Martina Kohl
Costume & Make-Up — Hair Designer: Carol Hemming
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Department Head: Martina Kohl
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Designer: Carol Hemming
Costume & Make-Up — Wardrobe Supervisor: Richard Sale
Costume & Make-Up — Wardrobe Supervisor: Rosie Grant
Crew — Choreographer: Karole Armitage
Crew — Dialect Coach: Brooks Baldwin
Crew — Translator: Christie Wang
Directing — Director: James Ivory
Directing — First Assistant Director: George Every
Directing — Script Supervisor: Catherine Allinson
Editing — Editor: John David Allen
Editing — First Assistant Editor: Giles Gardner
Lighting — Gaffer: Jianmin Ji
Production — Casting: Celestia Fox
Production — Producer: Ismail Merchant
Production — Production Coordinator: Melissa Chung
Sound — ADR Editor: Brian Bowles
Sound — ADR Editor: Mike Wood
Sound — Boom Operator: Christophe Penchenat
Sound — Dialogue Editor: David Wahnon
Sound — Dialogue Editor: Sylvia Menno
Sound — Foley Editor: Dave Flynch
Sound — Music Editor: Tass Filipos
Sound — Orchestrator: Jamie Hopkings
Sound — Original Music Composer: Richard Robbins
Sound — Sound Designer: Robert Hein
Sound — Sound Effects Editor: Coll Anderson
Sound — Sound Effects Editor: Glenfield Payne
Visual Effects — Special Effects Supervisor: David Fletcher
Writing — Writer: Kazuo Ishiguro