Orlando (film)

Orlando
UK theatrical release poster
Directed bySally Potter
Screenplay bySally Potter
Based onOrlando: A Biography
by Virginia Woolf
Produced byChristopher Sheppard
Starring
CinematographyAleksei Rodionov
Edited byHervé Schneid
Music by
  • David Motion
  • Sally Potter
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Electric Pictures (United Kingdom)
  • Rezo Films
    Rio (France)
  • Mikado Film (Italy)
  • Concorde Film (Netherlands)
Release dates
  • 1 September 1992 (1992-09-01) (Venice)
  • 11 December 1992 (1992-12-11) (Italy)
  • 27 January 1993 (1993-01-27) (France)
  • 28 January 1993 (1993-01-28) (Netherlands)
  • 12 March 1993 (1993-03-12) (United Kingdom)
Running time
93 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Russia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million
Box office$13 million

Orlando is a 1992 film loosely based on Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel Orlando: A Biography, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Billy Zane as Marmaduke Bonthrop 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.

Critics praised the film and particularly applauded its visual treatment of the settings of Woolf's novel. The film premiered in competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival, and was re-released in select US cinemas on 23 July 2010.