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Anonymous

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.

2011 |2h 10m |  Drama, History, Thriller

Videos

Cast

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Jamie Campbell Bower

Young Earl of Oxford

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Rhys Ifans

Edward de Vere

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David Thewlis

William Cecil

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Joely Richardson

Princess Elizabeth Tudor

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Vanessa Redgrave

Queen Elizabeth I

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Sebastian Armesto

Ben Jonson

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Rafe Spall

William Shakespeare

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Edward Hogg

Robert Cecil

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Xavier Samuel

Earl of Southampton

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Sam Reid

Earl of Essex

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Paolo De Vita

Francesco

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Trystan Gravelle

Christopher Marlowe

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Robert Emms

Thomas Dekker

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Tony Way

Thomas Nashe

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Julian Bleach

Captain Richard Pole

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Derek Jacobi

Prologue

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Alex Hassell

Spencer

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James Garnon

John Heminge

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Mark Rylance

Condell

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Jasper Britton

Pope

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Ned Dennehy

Interrogator

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John Keogh

Philip Henslowe

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Lloyd Hutchinson

Richard Burbage

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Vicky Krieps

Bessie Vavasour

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Helen Baxendale

Anne De Vere

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Paula Schramm

Bridget De Vere

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Richard Durden

Archbishop

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Shaun Lawton

Footman

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Detlef Bothe

John De Vere

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James Clyde

King James I

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Christian Sengewald

Cecil's Spy Servant

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Axel Sichrovsky

Essex General

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Katrin Pollitt

Lady-in-Waiting

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Laura Lo Zito

Selling Maid

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Gode Benedix

Groundling

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Nic Romm

Usher

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Henry Lloyd-Hughes

Bear Baiter

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Patrick Diemling

Oxford's Servant

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Patrick Heyn

Oxford's Doctor

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Trystan Pütter

Bottom

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André Kaczmarczyk

Titania

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Jonas Hämmerle

Child Oberon

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Mike Maas

Pole's Commander

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Alfred Hartung

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

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Oliver Rickenbacher

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

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Claudius von Stolzmann

Stage Player: Shakespeare Company

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$30,000,000.00

Revenue

$15,395,087.00