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Anonymous

Anonymous2011

★6.4130 minDramaHistoryThriller

Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.

Director

Roland Emmerich

Writer

Score

Harald Kloser Thomas Wander

Stars

Jamie Campbell Bower Rhys Ifans David Thewlis

Cast77

Jamie Campbell Bower
as Young Earl of Oxford
Rhys Ifans
as Edward de Vere
David Thewlis
as William Cecil
Joely Richardson
as Princess Elizabeth Tudor
Vanessa Redgrave
as Queen Elizabeth I
Sebastian Armesto
as Ben Jonson
Rafe Spall
as William Shakespeare
Edward Hogg
as Robert Cecil
Xavier Samuel
as Earl of Southampton
Sam Reid
as Earl of Essex
Paolo De Vita
as Francesco
Trystan Gravelle
as Christopher Marlowe
Robert Emms
as Thomas Dekker
Tony Way
as Thomas Nashe
Julian Bleach
as Captain Richard Pole
Derek Jacobi
as Prologue
Alex Hassell
as Spencer
James Garnon
as John Heminge
Mark Rylance
as Condell
Jasper Britton
as Pope
Ned Dennehy
as Interrogator
John Keogh
as Philip Henslowe
Lloyd Hutchinson
as Richard Burbage
Vicky Krieps
as Bessie Vavasour
Helen Baxendale
as Anne De Vere
Paula Schramm
as Bridget De Vere
A
Amy Kwolek
as Young Anne De Vere
L
Luke Thomas Taylor
as Boy Earl of Oxford
I
Isaiah Michalski
as Boy Robert Cecil
T
Timo Huber
as Boy Earl of Southampton
Richard Durden
as Archbishop
Shaun Lawton
as Footman
Detlef Bothe
as John De Vere
James Clyde
as King James I
Christian Sengewald
as Cecil's Spy Servant
J
Jean-Loup Fourure
as Monsieur Beaulieu
V
Viktoria Gabrysch
as Buxom Lady
Axel Sichrovsky
as Essex General
Katrin Pollitt
as Lady-in-Waiting
P
Patricia Grove
as Lady-in-Waiting
Laura Lo Zito
as Selling Maid
G
Gode Benedix
as Groundling
Nic Romm
as Usher
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
as Bear Baiter
Patrick Diemling
as Oxford's Servant
Patrick Heyn
as Oxford's Doctor
N
Nino Sandow
as Stage Manager (New York)
C
Craig Salisbury
as Dwarf / Puck
R
Rainer Guldener
as Quince
Trystan Pütter
as Bottom
André Kaczmarczyk
as Titania
Jonas Hämmerle
as Child Oberon
Mike Maas
as Pole's Commander
C
Christian Leonard
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
C
Christian Banzhaf
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
V
Victoria Calero
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
M
Martin Engler
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Alfred Hartung
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
O
Oliver Kube
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
C
Christian Ludwig
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Oliver Rickenbacher
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Claudius von Stolzmann
as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
T
Tjadke Biallowons
as Dancer
D
Dafne-Maria Fielder
as Dancer
A
Alexander Flache
as Dancer
A
Antonia Gerke
as Dancer
S
Sophie Hichert
as Dancer
V
Vera Kreyer
as Dancer
S
Stefanie Lanius
as Dancer
U
Urban Luig
as Dancer
J
Jasmin Mehling
as Dancer
E
Elisabeth Milarch
as Dancer
R
Robert Munzinger
as Dancer
B
Benjamin Plath
as Dancer
E
Erik Studte
as Dancer
J
Johann Hakob Wurster
as Dancer
S
Steffi Sattler
as First Lady to King James I (uncredited)

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