The White Countess
Brief Synopsis
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Set in Shanghai in the late 1930s, the story of the relationship between a disillusioned former US diplomat and a refugee White Russian countess reduced to a sordid life in the city's bars. Todd Jackson (mid-40s), once an American diplomat filled with idealism, has lost his sight several years earli
Cast & Crew
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James Ivory
Director
Vanessa Redgrave
Natasha Richardson
Ralph Fiennes
Amir Maimon
Len Marchi
Film Details
Also Known As
Den ryska grevinnan, White Countess
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Period
Romance
War
Release Date
2005
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Classics
Location
Hweilai Studios, Shanghai, China; Rome, Italy (studio interiors)
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 15m
Synopsis
Set in Shanghai in the late 1930s, the story of the relationship between a disillusioned former US diplomat and a refugee White Russian countess reduced to a sordid life in the city's bars. Todd Jackson (mid-40s), once an American diplomat filled with idealism, has lost his sight several years earlier, and is now languishing in Shanghai's grand hotels and elite gentlemen's clubs, a burnt-out case, He has become bitterly disillusioned by realpolitik and the seemingly unavoidable nature of war and conflict. He is, moreover, deeply bereaved by the deaths of his wife and children--victims of violent events in the political turmoil of 1930s China that also robbed him of his sight.
Director
James Ivory
Director
Cast
Vanessa Redgrave
Natasha Richardson
Ralph Fiennes
Amir Maimon
Len Marchi
Zong Xiao Jun
Pierre Seznec
Liu Jin Quan
Paul Birchard
Fan Young Fu
Lucy Sutton
Lynn Redgrave
Jean-pierre Lorit
Tetsuro Uragami
Dan Herzberg
Violaine Motte
Itay Eltahan
Lin Dong Fu
Nicole Utterbeck
Alexandar Richardson
Ying Da
David Sutton
Madeleine Daly
Aislin Mcguckin
Matt Eaton
Rachel Partington
Shu Chang
Hiroyuki Sanada
Shu Zheng Hua
John Wood
Yao Ke Qin
Luoyong Wang
Manouk Tideman
Timur Engalychev
Jeff Harding
Madeleine Potter
Ramin Razaghi Sefati
Geoffrey Lieter
Kyle Rothstein
Terence Harvey
Alex Frolov
Lee Pace
Dragan Micanovic
Tomas Hernell
Kirill Khmelnitshi
Hong Lan Hou
Charles Reston
Allan Corduner
Xing Da
Crew
John D Allen
Editor
Catherine Allinson
Script Supervisor
Xue An Liu
Song
Coll Anderson
Sound Editor
Karole Armitage
Choreographer
Louis Armstrong
Song Performer
David Bahanovich
Music
Leo Bahas
Negative Cutter
John Bailie
Camera Focus Puller
Brooks Baldwin
Dialect Coach
Randall Balsmeyer
Titles
Kate Barker-froyland
Production
Michael Barry
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lin Bei
Song
Barney Bigard
Song
Lan Bin
Set Decorator
Zhu Bin
Production Manager
Susan H. Bodine
Production
Arie Bohrer
Production Supervisor
Rahila Bootwala
Associate Producer
Brian Bowles
Adr Editor
Paul Bradley
Coproducer
John Bright
Costumes
Harry Brooks
Song
Andrew Burashko
Music
Ben Burt
Assistant Director
Clifford Burwell
Song
James Calleri
Casting
Michael Chai
Accounting Assistant
Zoe Chen
Liaison
William Cheng
Assistant Director
Sadiya Chowhan
Office Runner
Kris Chung
Assistant
Melissa Chung
Production Coordinator
Tsang Chun Chung
Camera Focus Puller
Lin Chuxiong
Production Coordinator
James Cohen
Assistant Editor
Doug Compton
Animator
Imogen Cooper
Song Performer
J. John Corbett
Digital Effects Artist
Jack Cottrell
Song
Benjamin Cox
Apprentice Editor
Henry Creamer
Song Performer
Zhang Cunzhong
Wardrobe
Martin Czembor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Wang Daqing
Executive Producer
Qian Defeng
Grip
Yang Dejun
Grip
B. G. Desylva
Song
Lanny Dong
Assistant Production Coordinator
Christopher Doyle
Dp/Cinematographer
Christopher Doyle
Director Of Photography
Al Dubin
Song
Kerstin Dyroff
Production Coordinator
Matt Eaton
Extras Casting Assistant
Duke Ellington
Song
Martin Erskine
Original Music
Norman Evans
Song
Norman Evans
Song Performer
George Every
Assistant Director
Tass Filipos
Music Editor
Tommy Finch
Gaffer
David Fletcher
Special Effects Supervisor
Roger Flock
Music
Dave Flynch
Foley Editor
Olivier Fontenay
Colorist
George Formby
Song Performer
Stephen Foster
Song
Celestia Fox
Casting
Robert Galvin
Sound Recordist
George Gao
Music
Giles Gardner
Assistant Editor
Gerry Gavigan
Assistant Director
William S. Gilbert
Song
Rosie Grant
Wardrobe
Andreas Grosch
Producer
Quan Han Dong
Animator
Tony Harris
Construction Manager
Richard Hawley
Coproducer
Robert Hein
Sound Design
Carol Hemming
Makeup Designer
Ludovic Henault
Sound Engineer
John Andrew Hill
Assistant Editor
Che His Yen
Song
Da Hong
Assistant Director
James Hopkings
Original Music
Chow Hsuan
Song Performer
John Huie
Song
John Huie
Song Performer
Kazuo Ishiguro
Screenplay
Yu Jiandong
Lighting Technician
Ji Jianming
Gaffer
He Jin
Interpreter
Wen Jingrui
Best Boy
Bobby Johanson
Adr
Al Jolson
Song
Zhao Kaiyou
Grip
Yue-sai Kan
Associate Producer
Patrick Kelly
Casting Assistant
David Kempski
Production Assistant
Tomoko Kikuchi
Photography
Ho Kin Kwong
Camera Focus Puller
Richard King
Assistant Sound Editor
Sunil Kirparam
Production Accountant
Thomas Kittle
Special Effects Foreman
Patrick Ko
Executive Producer
Martina Kohl
Hair
Ching Kwang Lee
Song
Yiu-fai Lai
Director Of Photography
Yiu-fai Lai
Dp/Cinematographer
Turner Layton
Song
Yao Lee
Song Performer
Tao Leipei
Construction
Lisa Li
Production Assistant
Liu Li
Music
Yong Li Xie
Music
Zhu Liangde
Assistant Art Director
Yuan Lingeng
Property Master
Leonora Lonsdale
Office Runner
Chang Loo
Song Performer
Antonny Luo
Costume Department
Cory Mandel
Music Scoring Mixer
Eliot Mathews
Assistant Director
Vicki Mcritchie
Negative Cutter
Xie Meng
Assistant
Xue Menglong
Construction Manager
Sylvia Menno
Adr/Dialogue Editor
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Irving Mills
Song
Yu Minhua
Office Runner
Andre Morgan
Executive Producer
Andy Morris
Music
Claudia Moseley
Assistant
Pedja Muzijevic
Song Performer
Sheena Napier
Assistant Costume Designer
Eva-marie Neufahrt
Production Accountant
Morgan A Neville
Assistant
Chuen Ng
Song
James Nichols
Sound
Brian O'connell
Visual Effects Supervisor
Philip O'connor
Costumes
Rich O'connor
Animator
Simon Oxley
Production Coordinator
Mitchell Parish
Song
Glenfield Payne
Sound Effects Editor
Jay Peck
Foley Artist
Christopher Penchenat
Boom Operator
Tony Pierce-roberts
Dp/Cinematographer
Tony Pierce-roberts
Director Of Photography
Janos Pilenyi
Digital Effects Supervisor
Sarah Porter
Sound Editor
Madeleine Potter
Song Performer
Graham Preskett
Song
Graham Preskett
Song Performer
Pierre Proner
Production Supervisor
Bian Qi
Set Decorator
Li Qian
Assistant
Li Qiang
Steadicam Operator
Lin Qingwei
Props Buyer
Hu Zhong Quan
Construction Manager
Xiaosong Que
Art Department Coordinator
Andy Razaf
Song
Charles Reston
Apprentice
Richard Robbins
Music
Vincent Rose
Song
Richard Sale
Wardrobe
Andrew Sanders
Production Designer
Ariel Saulog
Digital Effects
Andreas Schmid
Executive Producer
Marcus Schofer
Executive Producer
Vijay Sekhon
Assistant Editor
Claudia Sendlbeck-schickor
Advisor
Pierre Seznec
Song Performer
Wang Shanqing
Set Decorator
Chen Shaomian
Art Director
Aaron Shershow
Unit Production Manager
Wang Shicheng
Office Runner
Han Shonglai
Construction
Zhou Shuhao
Art Department
Steve Simmonds
Art Director
Mark Skazinetsky
Music
Ben Spencer
Assistant Producer
Armen Stevens
Assistant
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Song
Ingrid Sun
Assistant
Rick Sun
Interpreter
Lian Sun Chen
Song
Chen Tao
Music
Colin Thurston
Property Master
Wang Tianyun
Executive Producer
Leo Tolstoy
Song
Winnie Tom
Animator
Rebecca Tu
Song Performer
Aleksandr Vertinsky
Song
Aleksandr Vertinsky
Song Performer
David Wahnon
Adr/Dialogue Editor
Mary Anne Waite
Makeup
Fats Waller
Song
Christie Wang
Makeup
Jennifer Wang
Extras Casting Assistant
Film Details
Also Known As
Den ryska grevinnan, White Countess
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Period
Romance
War
Release Date
2005
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Classics
Location
Hweilai Studios, Shanghai, China; Rome, Italy (studio interiors)
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 15m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 2006
Released in United States on Video May 16, 2006
Released in United States Winter December 21, 2005
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now/New American Cinema) January 5-16, 2006.
Released in United States January 2006 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now/New American Cinema) January 5-16, 2006.)
Released in United States on Video May 16, 2006
Released in United States Winter December 21, 2005
