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.
Drama, History, Thriller
Columbia Pictures, Centropolis Entertainment
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, Amy Kwolek as Young Anne De Vere, Luke Thomas Taylor as Boy Earl of Oxford, Isaiah Michalski as Boy Robert Cecil, 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, Jean-Loup Fourure as Monsieur Beaulieu, Victoria Gabrysch as Buxom Lady, Axel Sichrovsky as Essex General, Katrin Pollitt as Lady-in-Waiting, Patricia Grove as Lady-in-Waiting, Laura Lo Zito as Selling Maid, 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, Nino Sandow as Stage Manager (New York), Craig Salisbury as Dwarf / Puck, Rainer Guldener as Quince, Trystan Pütter as Bottom, André Kaczmarczyk as Titania, Jonas Hämmerle as Child Oberon, Mike Maas as Pole's Commander, Christian Leonard as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company, Christian Banzhaf as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company, Victoria Calero as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company, Martin Engler as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company, Alfred Hartung as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company, Oliver Kube as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company, Christian Ludwig as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company, Oliver Rickenbacher as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company, Claudius von Stolzmann as Stage Player: Shakespeare Company, Tjafke Biallowons as Dancer, Dafne-Maria Fielder as Dancer, Alexander Flache as Dancer, Antonia Gerke as Dancer, Sophie Hichert as Dancer, Lukas Hötzel as Dancer, Vera Kreyer as Dancer, Stefanie Lanius as Dancer, Urban Luig as Dancer, Jasmin Mehling as Dancer, Elisabeth Milarch as Dancer, Robert Munzinger as Dancer, Benjamin Plath as Dancer, Erik Studte as Dancer, Johann Hakob Wurster as Dancer, Steffi Sattler as First Lady to King James I (uncredited)