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.

• Shanghai Film Group
• Merchant Ivory Productions
• Ralph Fiennes
• Natasha Richardson
• Hiroyuki Sanada
• Lynn Redgrave
• Vanessa Redgrave
• Madeleine Potter
• Madeleine Daly
• Allan Corduner