Orlando

1992 94 min ★ 6.9 Drama, Fantasy

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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Cast

Tilda Swinton

Orlando

Billy Zane

Shelmerdine

Lothaire Bluteau

The Khan

John Wood

Archduke Harry

Charlotte Valandrey

Sasha

Heathcote Williams

Nick Greene / Publisher

Quentin Crisp

Queen Elizabeth I

Peter Eyre

Mr. Pope

Thom Hoffman

King William of Orange

Kathryn Hunter

Countess

Details

Director

Sally Potter

Screenplay

Sally Potter

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$5,377,643

Production

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

Reviews

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Filipe Manuel Neto

September 29, 2022

★ 5/10

**Based on a somewhat controversial novel, it tackles gender issues and other deep subjects quite well.** “Orlando” is perhaps one of the most interesting and controversial novels by the equally controversial Virginia Woolf. The details of this writer's life are known: the sexual abuse she suffered in childhood, the depressive crises, the existential doubts she experienced all her life, her bis...

C

CinemaSerf

October 21, 2022

★ 7/10

Tilda Swinton is superb in this story of the eponymous Tudor noble who obeys a command from the enamoured Queen Elizabeth (Quentin Crisp) and refuses to grow old. The film now follows the adventures, loves and ultimately depicts how the character adapts - quite literally - as England becomes Britain and eventually he becomes free! The experiences as an ambassador in the middle east, the determinat...