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| Director: | James Ivory | 
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| Writer: | Kazuo Ishiguro | 
| Staring: | 
| In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia—a fallen member of the 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 30, 2005 | 
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| Director: | James Ivory | 
| Writer: | Kazuo Ishiguro | 
| Genres: | Family, Drama, Romance, History, War | 
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Sony Pictures Classics, VIP Medienfonds 3, Rising Star Productions, China Film Co-Production Corp., Merchant Ivory Productions, Shanghai Film Group, Global Cinema, Global Cinema Group | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $4,092,682 Budget: $16,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Ralph Fiennes | Todd Jackson | 
| Natasha Richardson | Countess Sofia Belinskya | 
| Hiroyuki Sanada | Matsuda | 
| Lynn Redgrave | Olga Belinskya | 
| Vanessa Redgrave | Princess Vera Belinskya | 
| Madeleine Potter | Grushenka | 
| Madeleine Daly | Katya | 
| Allan Corduner | Samuel Feinstein | 
| John Wood | Prince Peter Belinskya | 
| Lee Pace | Crane | 
| Aislín McGuckin | Maria | 
| Ying Da | Kao | 
| Terence Harvey | Walters | 
| Dragan Mićanović | Ilya | 
| Wang Luoyong | Liu | 
| Young Fu Fan | Fu | 
| Manouk Tideman | Christina | 
| Hong Lan Hou | Columbine | 
| Kyle Rothstein | Harlequin | 
| Jean-Pierre Lorit | Antoine Jacquier | 
| Timur Engalychev | Feinstein Child | 
| Lucy Sutton | Feinstein Child | 
| Amir Maimon | Feinstein Child | 
| Itay Eltahan | Feinstein Child | 
| Dan Herzberg | Frenchman | 
| Jeff Harding | Company Director | 
| Paul Birchard | Company Director | 
| Pierre Seznec | Russian Singer | 
| Zong Xiaojun | Chinese Foreman | 
| Alexey Frolov | Pickpocket | 
| Kirill Khmelnitski | Pickpocket | 
| Alexandar Richardson | Young Ilya | 
| Rachel Partington | Young Sofia | 
| Ramin Razaghi Sefati | Stallholder | 
| Nicole Utterbeck | American Girl | 
| Ke Qin Yao | General Ji Deng | 
| Jin Quan Liu | General Shen Yinchu | 
| Matt Eaton | Man Reading Paper | 
| David Sutton | Punchinello | 
| Tomas Hernell | Pierrot | 
| Violaine Motte | Cat and Monkey Dancer | 
| Jimbo | Cat and Monkey Dancer | 
| Len Marchi | Hospital Doctor | 
| Geoffrey Lieter | Anti-Semite | 
| Shu Chang | Woman Helping Jackson | 
| Tetsuro Uragami | Japanese Officer | 
| Zheng Hua Shu | Trumpet Player | 
| Hollie Johnson | Lead Secretary (uncredited) | 
| Charles Reston | Jealous Young Man | 
| Dong Fu Lin | Taxi Dance Hall Manager (as Lin Dong Fu) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Kazuo Ishiguro | Writer | 
| Celestia Fox | Casting | 
| Chen Shaomian | Art Direction | 
| Sylvia Menno | Dialogue Editor | 
| Bian Qi | Set Decoration | 
| George Every | First Assistant Director | 
| James Ivory | Director | 
| Shanqing Wang | Set Decoration | 
| Andrew Sanders | Production Design | 
| Steve Simmonds | Art Direction | 
| Carol Hemming | Makeup Designer, Hair Designer | 
| Jamie Hopkings | Orchestrator | 
| John Bright | Costume Design | 
| Martina Kohl | Makeup Department Head, Hair Department Head | 
| Brian Bowles | ADR Editor | 
| Robert Hein | Sound Designer | 
| Yu Baiyang | Art Direction | 
| John David Allen | Editor | 
| Colin Thurston | Property Master | 
| Brooks Baldwin | Dialect Coach | 
| Jianmin Ji | Gaffer | 
| Christophe Penchenat | Boom Operator | 
| Xiaosong Que | Art Department Coordinator | 
| Glenfield Payne | Sound Effects Editor | 
| Tomoko Kikuchi | Still Photographer | 
| Tass Filipos | Music Editor | 
| Melissa Chung | Production Coordinator | 
| Coll Anderson | Sound Effects Editor | 
| Bin Lan | Set Decoration | 
| Lingen Yuan | Property Master | 
| Ho Po-Wing | Dolly Grip | 
| David Wahnon | Dialogue Editor | 
| Catherine Allinson | Script Supervisor | 
| Mike Wood | ADR Editor | 
| David Fletcher | Special Effects Supervisor | 
| Christie Wang | Translator | 
| Karole Armitage | Choreographer | 
| Dave Flynch | Foley Editor | 
| Randall Balsmeyer | Title Designer | 
| Richard Sale | Wardrobe Supervisor | 
| Rosie Grant | Wardrobe Supervisor | 
| Giles Gardner | First Assistant Editor | 
| Richard Robbins | Original Music Composer | 
| Christopher Doyle | Director of Photography | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| André E. Morgan | Executive Producer | 
| Paul Bradley | Co-Producer | 
| Richard Hawley | Co-Producer | 
| Ren Zhonglun | Producer | 
| Wang Daling | Executive Producer | 
| Wenxia Fu | Executive Producer | 
| Patrick Ko | Executive Producer | 
| Andreas Schmid | Executive Producer | 
| Tianyan Wang | Executive Producer | 
| Andreas Grosch | Producer | 
| Marcus Schöfer | Executive Producer | 
| Ismail Merchant | Producer | 
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 
| 2024 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 
| 2024 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 
| 2024 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 
| 2024 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 
| 2024 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 
| 2024 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
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| 2025 | 5 | 819 | 850 |