In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia, a fallen member of the exiled 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.
shanghai, china
countess
american abroad
air raid
nightclub owner
taxi dancer
american diplomat
blind man
russian woman
1930s
living in exile
nightclub hostess
japanese invasion of china
pre world war ii
russian aristocracy
mass exodus