Orlando [videorecording] / Adventure Pictures presents ; a coproduction with Lenfilm, Mikado Film, Rio, Sigma Filmproductions ; with the participation of British Screen ; a film by Sally Potter ; produced by Christopher Sheppard ; written and directed by Sally Potter.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Based on the book by Virginia Woolf. Originally produced as motion picture in 1992. A foreign film (Great Britain, Russia, Uzbekistan) "71546"--Disc label and container. Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandrey, Heathcote Williams, Quentin Crisp.
Summary:
A young, 17th century English nobleman becomes the favorite of Queen Elizabeth who "bestows" the gift of long life upon him. Sent as an ambassador to war-torn Central Asia he awakes one day transformed into a woman, and must deal with the consequences for the next 400 years.
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