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Orlando
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Title: Orlando

Release Date: 11 Dec 1992

Runtime: 1h 30m

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Director: Mikado Film, Adventure Pictures, Rio, Sigma Pictures, Lenfilm

Production Companies: Mikado Film, Adventure Pictures, Rio, Sigma Pictures, Lenfilm

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.9 (325 votes)

Cast

  • Orlando: Tilda Swinton
  • Shelmerdine: Billy Zane
  • The Khan: Lothaire Bluteau
  • Archduke Harry: John Wood
  • Sasha: Charlotte Valandrey
  • Nick Greene / Publisher: Heathcote Williams
  • Queen Elizabeth I: Quentin Crisp
  • Mr. Pope: Peter Eyre
  • King William of Orange: Thom Hoffman
  • Countess: Kathryn Hunter
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