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Orlando

Country: United Kingdom, Language: English, 93 mins

  • Director: Sally Potter
  • Writer: Sally Potter; Virginia Woolf
  • Producer: Laurie Borg; Lynn Hanke

CGiii Comment

Epic in imagination.

Epic in production.

But, sadly, it just doesn't seem to work...

The book is a feast for the senses...this is a photo-shoot of that feast...for the eyes only.

It did win a heap of awards...but, it needed more...as in intellectual stimulation.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Young nobleman Orlando is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he does just that. The film follows him as he moves through several centuries of British history, experiencing a variety of lives and relationships along the way, and even changing sex.

Cast & Characters

Tilda Swinton as Orlando;
Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth I;
Jimmy Somerville as Falsetto / Angel;
John Bott as Orlando's Father;
Elaine Banham as Orlando's Mother;
Anna Farnworth as Clorinda;
Sara Mair-Thomas as Favilla;
Anna Healy as Euphrosyne;
Dudley Sutton as King James I;
Simon Russell Beale as Earl of Moray;
Matthew Sim as Lord Francis Vere;
Jerome Willis as Translator;
Viktor Stepanov as Russian Ambassador;
Charlotte Valandrey as Princess Sasha;
Mary MacLeod as First Older Woman