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The White Countess

Year:

2006

Duration:

135 min

Genres:

Drama | History | Romance | War

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

James Ivory

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2006-02-10

Filming Locations: Shanghai, China

Earnings

Budget: $16,000,000

Opening Weekend: $67,712 (USA) (25 December 2005)

Gross: $1,666,262 (USA) (23 April 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

Lee Pace

The White Countess

Natasha Richardson

Countess Sofia Belinskya

Lynn Redgrave

Olga Belinskya

Madeleine Potter

Grushenka

Madeleine Daly

Katya

John Wood

Prince Peter Belinsky

Vanessa Redgrave

Princess Vera Belinskya

Allan Corduner

Samuel Feinstein

Timur Engalychev

Feinstein Child

Lucy Sutton

Feinstein Child

Amir Maimon

Feinstein Child

Itay Eltahan

Feinstein Child

Dan Herzberg

Frenchman

Aislín McGuckin

Maria

Dong Fu Lin

Taxi Dance Hall Manager

Ralph Fiennes

Todd Jackson

Da Ying

Kao

Terence Harvey

Walters

Jeff Harding

Company Director

Paul Birchard

Company Director

Hiroyuki Sanada

Matsuda

Pierre Seznec

Russian Singer

Dragan Micanovic

Ilya

Xiao Jun Zong

Chinese Foreman

Alex Frolov

Pickpocket

Kirill Khmelnitski

Pickpocket

Luoyong Wang

Liu

Alexandar Richardson

Young Ilya

Rachel Partington

Young Sofia

Ramin Razaghi Sefati

Stallholder

Nicole Utterbeck

American Girl

Young Fu Fan

Ke Qin Yao

General Ji Deng

Jin Quan Liu

General Shen Yinchu

Manouk Tideman

Christina

Matt Eaton

Man Reading Paper

Charles Reston

Jealous Young Man

Hong Lan Hou

Columbine

Kyle Rothstein

Harlequin

David Sutton

Punchinello

Tomas Hernell

Pierrot

Violaine Motte

Cat and Monkey Dancer

Jimbo

Cat and Monkey Dancer

Jean-Pierre Lorit

Antoine Jacquier

Len Marchi

Hospital Doctor

Geoffrey Lieter

Anti-Semite

Chang Shu

Woman Helping Jackson

Tetsuro Uragami

Japanese Officer

Zheng Hua Shu

Trumpet Player

Hollie Johnson

Lead Secretary (uncredited)

Charlotte Mikkelborg

Extra (uncredited)

Richard Trombly

Feinstein's Neighbor (uncredited)

Garth Tuckett

Extra (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The real-life mother of Madeleine Daly (Katya) was Madeleine Potter, who played the Countess' sister-in-law Greshenka.

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The racehorse scene uses stock footage taken from Seabiscuit (2003).

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In preparation for his role, Ralph Fiennes observed a blind man's average day with help from the Royal Society for the Blind. During the shoot he would wear special glasses to simulate blindness before each take.

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Goofs

The car from the French Consulate is a 1946 Dodge.

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The story takes place in 1936, but a US 50-star flag is featured at the racetrack. This should have been a 48-star flag.

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A song performed in a night club early in the movie is the original Cninese (Mandarin) version of what became an international hit for Frankie Laine in the early 50s under the name of "Rose Rose I Love You". The original was written in 1940, while the scene was set in 1937.

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Quotes

Sofia: If you have any objections, kindly go to hell.

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Sofia: We all have to fall in love from time to time... To feed our daughters, and our mothers. And sisters.

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