Orlando ( Also Known As: Орландо) is a Drama Fantasy Romance film directed by Sally Potter and written by Sally Potter, Virginia Woolf (novel) . It released on 11 December 1992 (Italy). The film stars Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp. Young nobleman Orlando is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he does just that. The film follows him as he moves through several centuries of British history, experiencing a variety of lives and relationships along the way, and even changing sex.