Orlando

• Movie

  Type

• 1992

  Year

• 1h 33m

  Runtime

• ★ 7.0

  Rating

• Romance / Drama / Fantasy

  Genre

In 1600, nobleman Orlando inherits his parents' house, thanks to Queen Elizabeth I, who commands the young man to never change. After a disastrous affair with Russian princess Sasha, Orlando looks for solace in the arts before being appointed ambassador to Constantinople in 1700, where war is raging. One morning, Orlando is shocked to wake up as a woman and returns home, struggling as a female to retain her property as the centuries roll by.

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Cast

Tilda Swinton

Orlando

Billy Zane

Shelmerdine

Lothaire Bluteau

The Khan

John Wood

Archduke Harry

Charlotte Valandrey

Princess Sasha

Quentin Crisp

Elizabeth I

Heathcote Williams

Nick Greene/Publisher

Dudley Sutton

King James I

Peter Eyre

Mr Pope

Kathryn Hunter

Countess

Ned Sherrin

Mr Addison

Jimmy Somerville

Singer/Angel