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.
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Cast
44 people
Tilda Swinton
Orlando
Known for
Doctor Strange
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Billy Zane
Shelmerdine
Known for
Titanic
Back to the Future Part II
Lothaire Bluteau
The Khan
Known for
Vikings
Regression
John Wood
Archduke Harry
Known for
WarGames
Chocolat
Charlotte Valandrey
Sasha
Known for
Napoleon
Tomorrow Is Ours
Heathcote Williams
Nick Greene / Publisher
Known for
The Odyssey
Basic Instinct 2
Quentin Crisp
Queen Elizabeth I
Known for
The Bride
Peter Eyre
Mr. Pope
Known for
Dragonslayer
Maurice
Thom Hoffman
King William of Orange
Known for
Black Book
Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon
Kathryn Hunter
Countess
Known for
Andor
Poor Things
Ned Sherrin
Mr. Addison
Also in
Countdown
Exiles
Jimmy Somerville
Singer / Angel
Also in
Hideous
Looking for Langston
Sally Potter Director · Virginia Woolf Author David Motion Composer
Director Screenplay Composer
Sally Potter
Author
Virginia Woolf
Composer
David Motion
Cinematographer
Aleksey Rodionov
Editor
Hervé Schneid
Production designer
Jan Roelfs
Production designer
Ben van Os
Production designer
Stanislav Romanovsky
Costume designer
Sandy Powell
Costume designer
Dien van Straalen
Worldwide gross $5.4M · Budget $4M · United States release June 9, 1993
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$5,377,643
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Mikado Film
Production
Adventure Pictures
Production
Rio
Production
Sigma Pictures
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio · Production
France · Italy · Netherlands · Russia · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Russian · Turkish
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 1992
Premiere · Venice Film Festival [Competition]
United Kingdom · March 12, 1993
Theatrical
United States · June 9, 1993
Theatrical
United States
January 21, 1993 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival [Premiere]
March 19, 1993 · Premiere · New York New Directors and New Films Festival
Australia
July 1, 1993 · Theatrical
Austria
October 23, 2009 · Digital
Canada
September 16, 1992 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
February 24, 1997 · Limited theatrical
Denmark
December 11, 1992 · Theatrical
Finland
March 19, 1993 · Theatrical
France
January 27, 1993 · Theatrical
Germany
January 28, 1993 · Theatrical
Greece
November 12, 1992 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
July 22, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Italy
December 11, 1992 · Theatrical
Japan
September 4, 1993 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 2, 1992 · Premiere · Nederlandse Filmdagen
January 28, 1993 · Theatrical
January 18, 2024 · Theatrical · re-release, 4K
Portugal
December 20, 1993 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 12, 1994 · Theatrical
Spain
January 14, 1994 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 12, 1993 · Theatrical
Ukraine
January 2, 2025 · Theatrical
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