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 Fiennesas Todd Jackson
Natasha Richardsonas Countess Sofia Belinskya
Hiroyuki Sanadaas Matsuda
Lynn Redgraveas Olga Belinskya
Vanessa Redgraveas Princess Vera Belinskya
Madeleine Potteras Grushenka
Allan Corduneras Samuel Feinstein
John Woodas Prince Peter Belinskya
Lee Paceas Crane
Christopher Doyle