"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."
Ralph Fiennes
as Todd Jackson
Natasha Richardson
as Countess Sofia Belinskya
Hiroyuki Sanada
as Matsuda
Lynn Redgrave
as Olga Belinskya
Vanessa Redgrave
as Princess Vera Belinskya
Madeleine Potter
as Grushenka
Madeleine Daly
as Katya
Allan Corduner
as Samuel Feinstein
John Wood
as Prince Peter Belinskya
Lee Pace
as Crane
Aislín McGuckin
as Maria
Ying Da
as Kao
Terence Harvey
as Walters
Dragan Mićanović
as Ilya
Wang Luoyong
as Liu
Young Fu Fan
as Fu
Manouk Tideman
as Christina
Hong Lan Hou
as Columbine
Kyle Rothstein
as Harlequin
Jean-Pierre Lorit
as Antoine Jacquier
Timur Engalychev
as Feinstein Child
Lucy Sutton
Amir Maimon
Itay Eltahan
Dan Herzberg
as Frenchman
Jeff Harding
as Company Director
Paul Birchard
Pierre Seznec
as Russian Singer
Zong Xiaojun
as Chinese Foreman
Alexey Frolov
as Pickpocket
Kirill Khmelnitski
Alexandar Richardson
as Young Ilya
Rachel Partington
as Young Sofia
Ramin Razaghi Sefati
as Stallholder
Nicole Utterbeck
as American Girl
Ke Qin Yao
as General Ji Deng
Jin Quan Liu
as General Shen Yinchu
Matt Eaton
as Man Reading Paper
Tomas Hernell
as Pierrot
David Sutton
as Punchinello
Violaine Motte
as Cat and Monkey Dancer
Jimbo
Len Marchi
as Hospital Doctor
Geoffrey Lieter
as Anti-Semite
Shu Chang
as Woman Helping Jackson
Tetsuro Uragami
as Japanese Officer
Zheng Hua Shu
as Trumpet Player
Hollie Johnson
as Lead Secretary (uncredited)
Charles Reston
as Jealous Young Man
Dong Fu Lin
as Taxi Dance Hall Manager (as Lin Dong Fu)
James Ivory
Director
Kazuo Ishiguro
Writer
Jamie Hopkings
Orchestrator
Catherine Allinson
Script Supervisor
Karole Armitage
Choreographer
Martina Kohl
Hair Department Head
Lingen Yuan
Property Master
Robert Hein
Sound Designer
Tass Filipos
Music Editor
Christopher Doyle
Director of Photography
Andrew Sanders
Production Design
Ho Po-Wing
Dolly Grip
Rosie Grant
Wardrobe Supervisor
Celestia Fox
Casting
Carol Hemming
Hair Designer
Makeup Department Head
Dave Flynch
Foley Editor
Tomoko Kikuchi
Still Photographer
Bin Lan
Set Decoration
Sylvia Menno
Dialogue Editor
Richard Sale
Brooks Baldwin
Dialect Coach
John David Allen
Editor
Shanqing Wang
Makeup Designer
David Fletcher
Special Effects Supervisor
Christie Wang
Translator
John Bright
Costume Design
Christophe Penchenat
Boom Operator
Jianmin Ji
Gaffer
Giles Gardner
First Assistant Editor
Chen Shaomian
Art Direction
Yu Baiyang
Coll Anderson
Sound Effects Editor
Mike Wood
ADR Editor
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Bian Qi
Xiaosong Que
Art Department Coordinator
Richard Robbins
Original Music Composer
Brian Bowles
David Wahnon
George Every
First Assistant Director
Glenfield Payne
Randall Balsmeyer
Title Designer
Steve Simmonds
Colin Thurston
Melissa Chung
Production Coordinator
Andreas Grosch
Wang Daling
Executive Producer
Paul Bradley
Co-Producer
Patrick Ko
Andreas Schmid
Marcus Schöfer
Tianyan Wang
Richard Hawley
Andre Morgan
Wenxia Fu
Ren Zhonglun