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The White Countess(2005)
Status: Released
Date: 2005-10-30
62%
81 Votes
Time: 2h 15m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Russian, Japanese, French, Mandarin, English.
Countries:
China,
Germany,
United States of America,
United Kingdom
Budget: $16,000,000.00
Revenue: $4,092,682.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Merchant Ivory Productions
China Film Co-Production Corp.
Rising Star Productions
Global Cinema Group
Global Cinema
Movie: The White Countess
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Todd Jackson
Natasha Richardson
Countess Sofia Belinskya
真田広之
Matsuda
Lynn Redgrave
Olga Belinskya
Vanessa Redgrave
Princess Vera Belinskya
Madeleine Potter
Grushenka
Allan Corduner
Samuel Feinstein
John Wood
Prince Peter Belinskya
Lee Pace
Crane
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