Cast & Crew

Directed by

James Ivory

Writing Credits

Kazuo Ishiguro
(original screenplay)

Cast

Natasha Richardson
Countess Sofia Belinskya
Lynn Redgrave
Olga Belinskya
Madeleine Potter
Grushenka
Madeleine Daly
Katya
John Wood
Prince Peter Belinsky
Vanessa Redgrave
Princess Vera Belinskya
Allan Corduner
Samuel Feinstein
Timur Engalychev
Feinstein Child
Lucy Sutton
Feinstein Child
Amir Maimon
Feinstein Child
Itay Eltahan
Feinstein Child
Dan Herzberg
Frenchman
Aislín McGuckin
Maria
Dong Fu Lin
Taxi Dance Hall Manager
Ralph Fiennes
Todd Jackson
Da Ying
Kao
Terence Harvey
Walters
Jeff Harding
Company Director
Paul Birchard
Company Director
Lee Pace
Crane
Hiroyuki Sanada
Matsuda
Pierre Seznec
Russian Singer
Dragan Micanovic
Ilya
Xiaojun Zong
Chinese Foreman
Alex Frolov
Pickpocket
Kirill Khmelnitski
Pickpocket
Luoyong Wang
Liu
Alexandar Richardson
Young Ilya
Rachel Partington
Young Sofia
Ramin Razaghi Sefati
Stallholder
Nicole Utterbeck
American Girl
Young Fu Fan
Fu
Ke Qin Yao
General Ji Deng
Jin Quan Liu
General Shen Yinchu
Manouk Tideman
Christina
Matt Eaton
Man Reading Paper
Maxim Reston
Jealous Young Man
Hong Lan Hou
Columbine
Kyle Rothstein
Harlequin
David Sutton
Punchinello
Tomas Hernell
Pierrot
Violaine Motte
Cat and Monkey Dancer
Jimbo
Cat and Monkey Dancer
Jean-Pierre Lorit
Antoine Jacquier
Len Marchi
Hospital Doctor
Geoffrey Lieter
Anti-Semite
Chang Shu
Woman Helping Jackson
Tetsuro Uragami
Japanese Officer
Zheng Hua Shu
Trumpet Player
Nick Barnes
English Aristocrat
Yue Ting Cheng
Chinese Soldier
Hollie Johnson
Lead Secretary
Alexia Kalteis
Courtesan
Charlotte Mikkelborg
Extra
Richard Trombly
Feinstein's Neighbor
Garth Tuckett
Extra

Produced by

Rahila Bootwala
associate producer
Paul Bradley
co-producer
Wenxia Fu
executive producer: Shanghai Film Group
Andreas Grosch
producer: VIP Medienfonds 3
Richard Hawley
co-producer
Yue-Sai Kan
associate producer
Patrick Ko
executive producer
Ismail Merchant
producer
Andre Morgan
executive producer
Simon Oxley
assistant producer
Zhonglun Ren
producer: Shanghai Film Group (as Ren Zhonglun)
Andreas Schmid
executive producer: VIP Medienfonds 3
Marcus Schöfer
executive producer: VIP Medienfonds 3
Ben Spencer
assistant producer
Daqing Wang
executive producer: Century Hero (as Wang Daqing)
Tianyan Wang
executive producer: Shanghai Film Group (as Wang Tianyun)
Kai Wong
assistant producer

Music by

Richard Robbins

Cinematography by

Christopher Doyle

Editing by

John David Allen

Casting By

Celestia Fox

Production Design by

Andrew Sanders

Art Direction by

Chen Shaomian
Steve Simmonds
Baiyang Yu
(as Yu Baiyang)

Set Decoration by

Bin Lan
(as Lan Bin)
Bian Qi
Shanqing Wang

Costume Design by

John Bright

Makeup Department

Carol Hemming
hair designer / makeup designer
Martina Kohl
makeup- & hair department head
Claudia Moseley
assistant to hair designer
Mary-Anne Waite
makeup associate (as Mary-Anne Waite)
Christie Wang
assistant makeup artist

Production Management

Zhu Bin
production manager
Arie Bohrer
production supervisor: VIP
Pierre Proner
production supervisor
Aaron Shershow
unit production manager
April YeFang
production manager: pre-production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ben Burt
second assistant director
William Cheng
first assistant director: China
George Every
first assistant director
Gerry Gavigan
first assistant director: UK
Da Hong
crowd assistant director
Eliot Mathews
third assistant director
Maxim Reston
trainee assistant director (as Charles Reston)
Wei Wei
second assistant director: China

Art Department

Shu Chou
art department translator (as Zhou Shuhao)
Sadiya Chowhan
art department runner
Tony Harris
construction manager: UK
Zhongquan Hu
construction manager (as Hu Zhongquan)
Lin Qingwei
production buyer
Xiaosong Que
art department coordinator
Yibin Shen
set painter
Han Shonglai
construction chargehand
Leipei Tao
construction chargehand (as Tao Leipei)
Colin Thurston
property master
Shicheng Wang
art department runner
Menglong Xue
construction manager
Lingen Yuan
property master (as Yuan Lingen)
Zhiqiang Yuan
picture car coordinator
Zhu Zengkang
draughtsman
Liangde Zhu
assistant art director

Sound Department

Coll Anderson
sound effects design editor
Michael Barry
re-recording mixer
Brian Bowles
adr editor
Martin Czembor
re-recording mixer
Dave Flynch
foley editor
Robert Galvin
sound recordist: UK
Robert Hein
sound designer
Ludovic Hénault
sound engineer
Bobby Johanson
adr engineer
Richard King
assistant sound editor
Sylvia Menno
dialogue editor
James P. Nichols
consultant: Dolby Sound (as James Nichols)
Glenfield Payne
sound effects editor
Jay Peck
foley artist
Christophe Penchenat
boom operator
Sarah Jean Porter
apprentice sound editor (as Sarah Porter)
Li Qian
assistant to sound department
David Wahnon
dialogue editor
Mike Wood
adr editor
Ryan Collison
foley engineer (uncredited)
Mark DeSimone
adr mixer: New York (uncredited)
Peter Gleaves
adr mixer (uncredited)
Margot Massie
sound (uncredited)
Dan Murphy
sound syncist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

David Fletcher
special effects supervisor
Thomas Kittle
special effects foreman (as Tom Kittle)
Rick Sun
special effects department translator
Weiyuan Zhu
special effects: SFS

Visual Effects by

Doug Compton
animator: Asterisk
J. John Corbett
digital artist: Big Film Design
Quan Han Dong
animation designer: Asterisk
Brian O'Connell
creative supervisor: Asterisk
Richard O'Connor
animation producer: Asterisk
Janos Pilenyi
optical supervisor: Cineric (as Janos O. Pilenyi)
Ariel Enriquez Saulog
digital supervisor: Cineric
Winnie Tom
animator: Asterisk
Jamie Hediger
digital compositor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

John Bailie
focus puller: UK
Qian Defeng
camera grip
Tommy Finch
gaffer: UK
Kin-Kwong Ho
second focus puller (as Ho Kin Kwong)
Po Wing Ho
dolly grip
Jianmin Ji
gaffer (as Ji Jianming)
Tomoko Kikuchi
still photographer
Yiu-Fai Lai
director of photography: second unit (as Lai Yiu Fai)
Qiang Li
Steadicam operator
Tony Pierce-Roberts
director of photography: UK
Rocky Tsang
first focus puller (as Tsang Chun Chung)
Jiandong Wen
lighting best boy
Dejun Yang
camera grip (as Yang Dejun)
Jiandong Yu
lamp operator
Kaiyou Zhao
camera grip

Casting Department

James Calleri
additional casting
Matt Eaton
extras casting assistant
Patrick Kelly
casting assistant to producer
Jennifer Wang
extras casting assistant
Zuanqing Wang
casting coordinator: SFS
Xu Wiguang
casting coordinator: SFS
Alex Johnson
casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Rosie Grant
wardrobe mistress
Antonny Luo
translator: costume department
Sheena Napier
associate costume designer
Philip O'Connor
costume assistant (as Phil O'Connor)
Richard Sale
wardrobe master
Yingjuan Xiao
wardrobe master: SFS (as Xiao Yingjuan)
Meng Xie
assistant to costume designer (as Meg Xie)
Cunzhong Zhang
wardrobe master: SFS (as Zhang Cunzhong)

Editorial Department

Leo Bahas
negative cutter: Atlab Australia
James Cohen
assistant editor
Olivier Fontenay
colorist: Atlab Australia
Giles Gardner
first assistant editor
John Hill
first assistant editor (as John Andrew Hill)
Vicki McRitchie
negative cutter: Atlab Australia (as Vicki Mcritchie)
Vijay Sekhon
assistant editor
Xiaoming Zhang
post-production consultant
John Dowdell
telecine colorist (uncredited)

Location Management

Lin Chuxiong
location production coordinator
Su Yongwei
assistant location manager

Music Department

David Bahanovich
musical consultant: Russiann historical music
Andrew Burashko
musician: piano solo
Martin Erskine
musical arrangement: additional arrangements / orchestrator
Tass Filipos
music editor
Roger Flock
musician: percussion
George Gao
musician: erhu
Richard Hawley
music producer
Jamie Hopkings
conductor / orchestrator
John Huie
musician: Shanghai jazz
Lui Li
musician: Chinese qui
Cory Mandel
scoring mixer: Toronto
Andy Morris
musician: percussion
Morgan Neville
assistant to composer
Mark Skazinetsky
concertmaster
Chen Tao
musician: Chinese flute
Yong Li Xie
musician: zheng
Ron Korb
musician: flutes (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Catherine Allinson
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Zhongshu Tao
transportation captain (as Tao Zhongshu)

Additional Crew

Karole Armitage
choreographer
Brooks Baldwin
dialect coach
Randall Balsmeyer
main title designer: Big Film Design (as Randy Balsmeyer)
Kate Barker-Froyland
electronic press kit (as Kate Barker)
Susan H. Bodine
production counsel (as Susan Bodine)
Michael Chai
assistant accountant
Zoe Chen
liaison: Shanghai
Kris Chung
assistant: Ismail Merchant
Melissa Chung
production coordinator
Lanny Dong
assistant production coordinator
Kerstin Dyroff
production coordinator: VIP
Florian Harms
legal advisor: VIP
Jin He
translator: SFS (as He Jin)
David Kempski
production assistant: production office
Sunil Kirparam
production accountant
Lisa Li
production assistant
Leonora Lonsdale
runner: assistant director department
Eva Neufahrt
production controller: VIP (as Eva Marie Neufahrt)
Berit Norrenberg
legal advisor: VIP (as Berit Wetzel)
Simon Oxley
production coordinator: UK
Claudia Sendlbeck-Schickor
tax advisor: VIP, McDermott
Armen Stevens
assistant to producers
Ingrid Sun
assistant: Ralph Fiennes
Christie Wang
translator
Minnie Wang
assistant: Natasha Richardson
Young Yongling
production assistant
Minhua Yu
production runner
Marilyn Zhuang
translator: assistant director department
Miranda Zhuang
translator: location department
Josef Brandmaier
financing (uncredited)
Zhi Ying Dong
assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Kelly Messias
assistant: Ralph Fiennes (uncredited)
Darren O'Connell
floor runner: aditional photography (uncredited)
Ayca Sadikoglu
production assistant (uncredited)
Geoffrey Stott
dailies supervisor (uncredited)

Thanks

Chris Humphrey
grateful thanks: Virgin Atlantic
Paolo Mantini
with gratitude to
Richard Soames
special thanks: FIlm Finances Inc.
David Tang
special thanks
All Filters