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Orlando

1992 · Movie · 94 min

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Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer84%as of 2025-11-19
  • Rotten Tomatoes average6.7/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic75/100as of 2025-10-27

What it is

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

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Genres
Fantasy / Drama
Original language
English

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