Filming Locations: Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
Earnings
Opening Weekend: £9,444 (UK) (23 September 2007)
Gross: £51,966 (UK) (9 December 2007)
Cast
Actor
Character
Takuya Shimada
Geisha
Brian Blessed
Duke Senior
Richard Clifford
Le Beau
Bryce Dallas Howard
Rosalind
Patrick Doyle
Amiens
Romola Garai
Celia
Adrian Lester
Oliver De Boys
Alfred Molina
Touchstone
Kevin Kline
Jaques
Janet McTeer
Audrey
Gerard Horan
Denis
David Oyelowo
Orlando De Boys
Richard Briers
Adam
Nobuyuki Takano
Charles
Paul Chan
William
Alex Wyndham
Silvius
Jimmy Yuill
Corin
Jade Jefferies
Phoebe
Jotham Annan
Jaques de Boys
Jonathan Broadbent
Duke Senior Man
Justin Hoong-Fai Chan
Duke Senior Man
Iain Stuart Robertson
Duke Senior Man
Youki Yamamoto
Duke Senior Man
Kinue Kato
Court Lady
Sacha Bennett
Frederick's Aide (uncredited)
Kenneth Branagh
Himself - offscreen voice (uncredited)
Chuen Tsou
Thug (uncredited)
Kaya Yuzuki
Court lady (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Filmed in Wakehurst Place a botanical expert from Kew gardens was on hand in order to check the ground to ensure endangered plants were not damaged during filming. Cast and crew literally were told where they could and couldn't step when off footpaths.
The film has received a Golden Globe nomination and a Screen Actors Guild nomination in the "Made-for-TV" category even though it was not actually made for television. It was released to theaters abroad before premiering on HBO in the United States. (The end credits feature a "Dolby Stereo in Selected Theaters" credit.)