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The White Countess (2005) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

James Ivory

Writing Credits  

Kazuo Ishiguro ... (original screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Natasha Richardson ... Countess Sofia Belinskya
Lynn Redgrave ... Olga Belinskya
Madeleine Potter ... Grushenka
Madeleine Daly ... Katya
John Wood ... Prince Peter Belinsky
Vanessa Redgrave ... Princess Vera Belinskya
Allan Corduner ... Samuel Feinstein
Timur Engalychev Timur Engalychev ... Feinstein Child
Lucy Sutton Lucy Sutton ... Feinstein Child
Amir Maimon Amir Maimon ... Feinstein Child
Itay Eltahan Itay Eltahan ... Feinstein Child
Dan Herzberg ... Frenchman
Aislín McGuckin ... Maria (as Aislin Mcguckin)
Dong Fu Lin Dong Fu Lin ... Taxi Dance Hall Manager (as Lin Dong Fu)
Ralph Fiennes ... Todd Jackson
Da Ying Da Ying ... Kao (as Ying Da)
Terence Harvey ... Walters
Jeff Harding ... Company Director
Paul Birchard Paul Birchard ... Company Director
Lee Pace ... Crane
Hiroyuki Sanada ... Matsuda
Pierre Seznec Pierre Seznec ... Russian Singer
Dragan Micanovic ... Ilya
Xiaojun Zong Xiaojun Zong ... Chinese Foreman (as Zong Xiao Jun)
Alex Frolov Alex Frolov ... Pickpocket
Kirill Khmelnitski Kirill Khmelnitski ... Pickpocket
Luoyong Wang ... Liu
Alexandar Richardson Alexandar Richardson ... Young Ilya
Rachel Partington Rachel Partington ... Young Sofia
Ramin Razaghi Sefati Ramin Razaghi Sefati ... Stallholder
Nicole Utterbeck Nicole Utterbeck ... American Girl
Young Fu Fan Young Fu Fan ... Fu (as Fan Young Fu)
Ke Qin Yao Ke Qin Yao ... General Ji Deng (as Yao Ke Qin)
Jin Quan Liu Jin Quan Liu ... General Shen Yinchu (as Liu Jin Quan)
Manouk Tideman Manouk Tideman ... Christina
Matt Eaton Matt Eaton ... Man Reading Paper
Maxim Reston ... Jealous Young Man (as Charles Reston)
Hong Lan Hou Hong Lan Hou ... Columbine
Kyle Rothstein ... Harlequin
David Sutton David Sutton ... Punchinello
Tomas Hernell Tomas Hernell ... Pierrot
Violaine Motte Violaine Motte ... Cat and Monkey Dancer
Jimbo Jimbo ... Cat and Monkey Dancer
Jean-Pierre Lorit ... Antoine Jacquier
Len Marchi Len Marchi ... Hospital Doctor
Geoffrey Lieter Geoffrey Lieter ... Anti-Semite
Chang Shu Chang Shu ... Woman Helping Jackson
Tetsuro Uragami Tetsuro Uragami ... Japanese Officer
Zheng Hua Shu Zheng Hua Shu ... Trumpet Player (as Shu Zheng Hua)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nick Barnes ... English Aristocrat (uncredited)
Yue Ting Cheng Yue Ting Cheng ... Chinese Soldier (uncredited)
Hollie Johnson Hollie Johnson ... Lead Secretary (uncredited)
Alexia Kalteis Alexia Kalteis ... Courtesan (uncredited)
Charlotte Mikkelborg Charlotte Mikkelborg ... Extra (uncredited)
Richard Trombly Richard Trombly ... Feinstein's Neighbor (uncredited)
Garth Tuckett Garth Tuckett ... Extra (uncredited)

Produced by 

Rahila Bootwala ... associate producer
Paul Bradley ... co-producer
Wenxia Fu ... executive producer: Shanghai Film Group
Andreas Grosch ... producer: VIP Medienfonds 3
Richard Hawley ... co-producer
Yue-Sai Kan ... associate producer
Patrick Ko ... executive producer
Ismail Merchant ... producer
Andre Morgan ... executive producer
Simon Oxley ... assistant producer
Zhonglun Ren ... producer: Shanghai Film Group (as Ren Zhonglun)
Andreas Schmid ... executive producer: VIP Medienfonds 3
Marcus Schöfer ... executive producer: VIP Medienfonds 3
Ben Spencer ... assistant producer
Daqing Wang ... executive producer: Century Hero (as Wang Daqing)
Tianyan Wang ... executive producer: Shanghai Film Group (as Wang Tianyun)
Kai Wong ... assistant producer

Music by 

Richard Robbins

Cinematography by 

Christopher Doyle

Editing by 

John David Allen

Casting By 

Celestia Fox

Production Design by 

Andrew Sanders

Art Direction by 

Chen Shaomian
Steve Simmonds
Baiyang Yu ... (as Yu Baiyang)

Set Decoration by 

Bin Lan ... (as Lan Bin)
Bian Qi
Shanqing Wang

Costume Design by 

John Bright

Makeup Department 

Carol Hemming ... hair designer / makeup designer
Martina Kohl ... makeup- & hair department head
Claudia Moseley ... assistant to hair designer
Mary-Anne Waite ... makeup associate (as Mary-Anne Waite)
Christie Wang ... assistant makeup artist

Production Management 

Zhu Bin ... production manager
Arie Bohrer ... production supervisor: VIP
Pierre Proner ... production supervisor
Aaron Shershow ... unit production manager
April YeFang ... production manager: pre-production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Ben Burt ... second assistant director
William Cheng ... first assistant director: China
George Every ... first assistant director
Gerry Gavigan ... first assistant director: UK
Da Hong ... crowd assistant director
Eliot Mathews ... third assistant director
Maxim Reston ... trainee assistant director (as Charles Reston)
Wei Wei ... second assistant director: China

Art Department 

Shu Chou ... art department translator (as Zhou Shuhao)
Sadiya Chowhan ... art department runner
Tony Harris ... construction manager: UK
Zhongquan Hu ... construction manager (as Hu Zhongquan)
Lin Qingwei ... production buyer
Xiaosong Que ... art department coordinator
Yibin Shen ... set painter
Han Shonglai ... construction chargehand
Leipei Tao ... construction chargehand (as Tao Leipei)
Colin Thurston ... property master
Shicheng Wang ... art department runner
Menglong Xue ... construction manager
Lingen Yuan ... property master (as Yuan Lingen)
Zhiqiang Yuan ... picture car coordinator
Zhu Zengkang ... draughtsman
Liangde Zhu ... assistant art director

Sound Department 

Coll Anderson ... sound effects design editor
Michael Barry ... re-recording mixer
Brian Bowles ... adr editor
Martin Czembor ... re-recording mixer
Dave Flynch ... foley editor
Robert Galvin ... sound recordist: UK
Robert Hein ... sound designer
Ludovic Hénault ... sound engineer
Bobby Johanson ... adr engineer
Richard King ... assistant sound editor
Sylvia Menno ... dialogue editor
James P. Nichols ... consultant: Dolby Sound (as James Nichols)
Glenfield Payne ... sound effects editor
Jay Peck ... foley artist
Christophe Penchenat ... boom operator
Sarah Jean Porter ... apprentice sound editor (as Sarah Porter)
Li Qian ... assistant to sound department
David Wahnon ... dialogue editor
Mike Wood ... adr editor
Ryan Collison ... foley engineer (uncredited)
Mark DeSimone ... adr mixer: New York (uncredited)
Peter Gleaves ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Margot Massie ... sound (uncredited)
Dan Murphy ... sound syncist (uncredited)

Special Effects by 

David Fletcher ... special effects supervisor
Thomas Kittle ... special effects foreman (as Tom Kittle)
Rick Sun ... special effects department translator
Weiyuan Zhu ... special effects: SFS

Visual Effects by 

Doug Compton ... animator: Asterisk
J. John Corbett ... digital artist: Big Film Design
Quan Han Dong ... animation designer: Asterisk
Brian O'Connell ... creative supervisor: Asterisk
Richard O'Connor ... animation producer: Asterisk
Janos Pilenyi ... optical supervisor: Cineric (as Janos O. Pilenyi)
Ariel Enriquez Saulog ... digital supervisor: Cineric
Winnie Tom ... animator: Asterisk
Jamie Hediger ... digital compositor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

John Bailie ... focus puller: UK
Qian Defeng ... camera grip
Tommy Finch ... gaffer: UK
Kin-Kwong Ho ... second focus puller (as Ho Kin Kwong)
Po Wing Ho ... dolly grip
Jianmin Ji ... gaffer (as Ji Jianming)
Tomoko Kikuchi ... still photographer
Yiu-Fai Lai ... director of photography: second unit
Qiang Li ... Steadicam operator
Tony Pierce-Roberts ... director of photography: UK
Rocky Tsang ... first focus puller (as Tsang Chun Chung)
Jiandong Wen ... lighting best boy
Dejun Yang ... camera grip (as Yang Dejun)
Jiandong Yu ... lamp operator
Kaiyou Zhao ... camera grip

Casting Department 

James Calleri ... additional casting
Matt Eaton ... extras casting assistant
Patrick Kelly ... casting assistant to producer
Jennifer Wang ... extras casting assistant
Zuanqing Wang ... casting coordinator: SFS
Xu Wiguang ... casting coordinator: SFS
Alex Johnson ... casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Rosie Grant ... wardrobe mistress
Antonny Luo ... translator: costume department
Sheena Napier ... associate costume designer
Philip O'Connor ... costume assistant (as Phil O'Connor)
Richard Sale ... wardrobe master
Yingjuan Xiao ... wardrobe master: SFS (as Xiao Yingjuan)
Meng Xie ... assistant to costume designer (as Meg Xie)
Cunzhong Zhang ... wardrobe master: SFS (as Zhang Cunzhong)

Editorial Department 

Leo Bahas ... negative cutter: Atlab Australia
James Cohen ... assistant editor
Olivier Fontenay ... colorist: Atlab Australia
Giles Gardner ... first assistant editor
John Hill ... first assistant editor (as John Andrew Hill)
Vicki McRitchie ... negative cutter: Atlab Australia (as Vicki Mcritchie)
Vijay Sekhon ... assistant editor
Xiaoming Zhang ... post-production consultant
John Dowdell ... telecine colorist (uncredited)

Location Management 

Lin Chuxiong ... location production coordinator
Su Yongwei ... assistant location manager

Music Department 

David Bahanovich ... musical consultant: Russiann historical music
Andrew Burashko ... musician: piano solo
Martin Erskine ... musical arrangement: additional arrangements / orchestrator
Tass Filipos ... music editor
Roger Flock ... musician: percussion
George Gao ... musician: erhu
Richard Hawley ... music producer
Jamie Hopkings ... conductor / orchestrator
John Huie ... musician: Shanghai jazz
Lui Li ... musician: Chinese qui
Cory Mandel ... scoring mixer: Toronto
Andy Morris ... musician: percussion
Morgan Neville ... assistant to composer
Mark Skazinetsky ... concertmaster
Chen Tao ... musician: Chinese flute
Yong Li Xie ... musician: zheng
Ron Korb ... musician: flutes (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department 

Catherine Allinson ... script supervisor

Transportation Department 

Zhongshu Tao ... transportation captain (as Tao Zhongshu)

Additional Crew 

Karole Armitage ... choreographer
Brooks Baldwin ... dialect coach
Randall Balsmeyer ... main title designer: Big Film Design (as Randy Balsmeyer)
Kate Barker-Froyland ... electronic press kit (as Kate Barker)
Susan H. Bodine ... production counsel (as Susan Bodine)
Michael Chai ... assistant accountant
Zoe Chen ... liaison: Shanghai
Kris Chung ... assistant: Ismail Merchant
Melissa Chung ... production coordinator
Lanny Dong ... assistant production coordinator
Kerstin Dyroff ... production coordinator: VIP
Florian Harms ... legal advisor: VIP
Jin He ... translator: SFS (as He Jin)
David Kempski ... production assistant: production office
Sunil Kirparam ... production accountant
Lisa Li ... production assistant
Leonora Lonsdale ... runner: assistant director department
Eva Neufahrt ... production controller: VIP (as Eva Marie Neufahrt)
Berit Norrenberg ... legal advisor: VIP (as Berit Wetzel)
Simon Oxley ... production coordinator: UK
Claudia Sendlbeck-Schickor ... tax advisor: VIP, McDermott
Armen Stevens ... assistant to producers
Ingrid Sun ... assistant: Ralph Fiennes
Christie Wang ... translator
Minnie Wang ... assistant: Natasha Richardson
Young Yongling ... production assistant
Minhua Yu ... production runner
Marilyn Zhuang ... translator: assistant director department
Miranda Zhuang ... translator: location department
Josef Brandmaier ... financing (uncredited)
Zhi Ying Dong ... assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Kelly Messias ... assistant: Ralph Fiennes (uncredited)
Darren O'Connell ... floor runner: aditional photography (uncredited)
Ayca Sadikoglu ... production assistant (uncredited)
Geoffrey Stott ... dailies supervisor (uncredited)

Thanks 

Chris Humphrey ... grateful thanks: Virgin Atlantic
Paolo Mantini ... with gratitude to
Richard Soames ... special thanks: FIlm Finances Inc.
David Tang ... special thanks
Crew believed to be complete

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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