---
title: 'Orlando (1992)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sally Potter'
released: '1992-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'Netherlands'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Russia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/orlando-1992'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107756/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Orlando (1992)

1992 · PG-13 · 94 min · Drama, Fantasy · Netherlands, Italy, Russia, United Kingdom, France


## Synopsis

Orlando is a 1992 fantasy drama film loosely based on Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel Orlando: A Biography, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Billy Zane as Shelmerdine, and Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth I. It was written and directed by Sally Potter, who also co-wrote the score with David Motion. The film is an international co-production of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Russia.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sally Potter](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-potter)
- **Screenplay:** [Sally Potter](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-potter)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sally Potter](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-potter)
- **Producer:** [Christopher Sheppard](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-sheppard), [Luigi Musini](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-musini)
- **Director of Photography:** [Aleksey Rodionov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-rodionov)
- **Editor:** [Hervé Schneid](https://cinepixo.com/people/herve-schneid)

## Cast

- [Simon Russell Beale](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-russell-beale) as Earl of Moray
- [Ned Sherrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ned-sherrin) as Addison
- [Peter Eyre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-eyre) as Pope
- [John Bott](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bott) as Orlando's Father
- [Oleg Pogudin](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-pogudin) as Desdemona
- [Billy Zane](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-zane) as Shelmerdine
- [Kathryn Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathryn-hunter) as Countess
- [Cyril Lecomte](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-lecomte) as Young Man
- [Tilda Swinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/tilda-swinton) as Orlando
- [Jerome Willis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-willis) as Translator
- [Matthew Sim](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-sim) as Lord Francis Vere
- [Toby Stephens](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-stephens) as Othello
- [Mary MacLeod](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-macleod) as Woman
- [Quentin Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/quentin-crisp) as Elizabeth I of England
- [Toby Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-jones) as Second Valet

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Official site: https://www.sonyclassics.com/orlando/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/orlando-1992
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