
Plot
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.
Trailer
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

Ned Sherrin
Mr. Addison

Jimmy Somerville
Singer / Angel

Dudley Sutton
King James I

John Bott
Orlando's Father

Elaine Banham
Orlando's Mother

Anna Farnworth
Clorinda

Sara Mair-Thomas
Favilla

Anna Healy
Euphrosyne

Simon Russell Beale
Earl of Moray

Matthew Sim
Lord Francis Vere

Jerome Willis
Translator

Viktor Stepanov
Russian Ambassador

Mary MacLeod
First Woman

Barbara Hicks
Second Woman

Alexander Medvedev
Russian Sailor

Toby Stephens
Othello

Oleg Pogodin
Desdemona

George Antoni
First Valet

Toby Jones
Second Valet

Robert Demeger
Third Valet

Lol Coxhill
Butler

Thom Osborn
Doctor

Giles Taylor
Singing Valet

Sarah Crowden
Queen Mary

Hugh Munro
Second Butler

Peter Hayward
Harpsichordist

Andrew Watts
Counter Tenor

Roger Hammond
Mr. Swift

Cyril Lecomte
Young Man

Olivia Lancelot
Young Woman

John Grillo
First Official

Martin Wimbush
Second Official

Terence Soall
Third Butler

Jessica Swinton
Orlando's Daughter