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Orlando
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
1992 · Directed by Sally Potter · 94 min · Drama · Fantasy · 32 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Sally Potter
- Cinematography: Alexey Rodionov
- Edited by: Hervé Schneid
- Music: Sally Potter, David Motion
- Production design: Stanislav Romanovsky, Jan Roelfs, Ben van Os
- Produced by: Christopher Sheppard
Cast
- Tilda Swinton as Orlando
- Billy Zane as Shelmerdine
- Lothaire Bluteau as The Khan
- John Wood as Archduke Harry
- Charlotte Valandrey as Sasha
- Heathcote Williams as Nick Greene / Publisher
- Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth I
- Peter Eyre as Mr. Pope
- Thom Hoffman as King William of Orange
- Kathryn Hunter as Countess
Production
- Country: France, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, United Kingdom
- Language: English, French, Russian, Turkish
- Studios: Mikado Film, Adventure Pictures, Rio, Sigma Pictures
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $5,377,643
- Themes: london, england, based on novel or book, queen elizabeth i, breaking the fourth wall, androgyny, woman director, nobleman, women's rights, ottoman empire, complex
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