Countries: China, Germany, United States of America, United Kingdom
Companies: Shanghai Film Group, Merchant Ivory Productions, China Film Co-Production Corp., Rising Star Productions, Global Cinema Group, Sony Pictures Classics, VIP Medienfonds 3, Global Cinema
In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia—a fallen member of the Russian aristocracy—and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat, who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create.