
The White Countess
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.
- Year: 2005
- Country: China, Germany, United States of America, United Kingdom
- Genre: Drama, Romance, War
- Studio: Shanghai Film Group, Merchant Ivory Productions, China Film Co-Production Corp., Rising Star Productions, Global Cinema Group, Sony Pictures Classics, VIP Medienfonds 3, Global Cinema
- Keyword: shanghai, china, countess, american abroad, air raid, nightclub owner, taxi dancer, american diplomat, blind man, russian woman, 1930s, living in exile, nightclub hostess, japanese invasion of china, pre world war ii, russian aristocracy, mass exodus
- Director: James Ivory
- Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Madeleine Potter