Drama History Thriller
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.
Directed by
Roland Emmerich
Written by
John Orloff
David Thewlis
William Cecil
Jamie Campbell Bower
Young Earl of Oxford
Rhys Ifans
Edward de Vere
Vanessa Redgrave
Queen Elizabeth I
Joely Richardson
Princess Elizabeth Tudor
Derek Jacobi
Prologue
Rafe Spall
William Shakespeare
Mark Rylance
Condell
Ned Dennehy
Interrogator
Sam Reid
Earl of Essex
Xavier Samuel
Earl of Southampton
Alex Hassell
Spencer
Vicky Krieps
Bessie Vavasour
Tony Way
Thomas Nashe
Richard Durden
Archbishop
Paula Schramm
Bridget De Vere
Detlef Bothe
John De Vere
Trystan Pütter
Bottom
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Bear Baiter
Robert Emms
Thomas Dekker
Edward Hogg
Robert Cecil
Helen Baxendale
Anne De Vere
Katrin Pollitt
Lady-in-Waiting
John Keogh
Philip Henslowe
Nic Romm
Usher
Trystan Gravelle
Christopher Marlowe
Sebastian Armesto
Ben Jonson
Jasper Britton
Pope
James Garnon
John Heminge
Julian Bleach
Captain Richard Pole
Shaun Lawton
Footman
Mike Maas
Pole's Commander
Paolo De Vita
Francesco
Lloyd Hutchinson
Richard Burbage
Patrick Heyn
Oxford's Doctor
Patrick Diemling
Oxford's Servant
Jonas Hämmerle
Child Oberon
Gode Benedix
Groundling
Alfred Hartung
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Laura Lo Zito
Selling Maid
Christian Sengewald
Cecil's Spy Servant
Axel Sichrovsky
Essex General
Nino Sandow
Stage Manager (New York)
James Clyde
King James I
André Kaczmarczyk
Titania
Claudius von Stolzmann
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Oliver Rickenbacher
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Amy Kwolek
Young Anne De Vere
Luke Thomas Taylor
Boy Earl of Oxford
Isaiah Michalski
Boy Robert Cecil
Timo Huber
Boy Earl of Southampton
Jean-Loup Fourure
Monsieur Beaulieu
Viktoria Gabrysch
Buxom Lady
Patricia Grove
Lady-in-Waiting
Craig Salisbury
Dwarf / Puck
Rainer Guldener
Quince
Christian Leonard
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Christian Banzhaf
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Martin Engler
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Oliver Kube
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Christian Ludwig
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Tjadke Biallowons
Dancer
Dafne-Maria Fielder
Dancer
Alexander Flache
Dancer
Antonia Gerke
Dancer
Sophie Hichert
Dancer
Vera Kreyer
Dancer
Stefanie Lanius
Dancer
Urban Luig
Dancer
Jasmin Mehling
Dancer
Elisabeth Milarch
Dancer
Robert Munzinger
Dancer
Benjamin Plath
Dancer
Erik Studte
Dancer
Johann Hakob Wurster
Dancer
Steffi Sattler
First Lady to King James I (uncredited)

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