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Anonymous (2011) The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against

Anonymous (2011)

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

Cast:
Earl of Oxford: Rhys Ifans
Queen Elizabeth I: Vanessa Redgrave
Ben Jonson: Sebastian Armesto
William Shakespeare: Rafe Spall
William Cecil: David Thewlis
Robert Cecil: Edward Hogg
Earl of Southampton: Xavier Samuel
Earl of Essex: Sam Reid
Young Earl of Oxford: Jamie Campbell Bower
Young Queen Elizabeth I: Joely Richardson
Francesco: Paolo De Vita
Christopher Marlowe: Trystan Gravelle
Thomas Dekker: Robert Emms
Thomas Nashe: Tony Way
Captain Richard Pole: Julian Bleach
Prologue: Derek Jacobi
Spencer: Alex Hassell
Heminge: James Garnon
Condell: Mark Rylance
Pope: Jasper Britton
Sly: Michael Brown
Interrogator: Ned Dennehy
Philip Henslowe: John Keogh
Richard Burbage: Lloyd Hutchinson
Bessie Vavasour: Vicky Krieps
Anne De Vere: Helen Baxendale
Bridget De Vere: Paula Schramm
Young Anne De Vere: Amy Kwolek
Boy Earl of Oxford: Luke Thomas Taylor
Boy Robert Cecil: Isaiah Michalski
Boy Earl of Southampton: Timo Huber
Archbishop: Richard Durden
Footman: Shaun Lawton
John De Vere: Detlef Bothe
King James I: James Clyde
Cecil's Spy Servant: Christian Sengewald
Monsieur Beaulieu: Jean-Loup Fourure
Buxom Lady: Victoria Gabrysch
Essex General: Axel Sichrovsky
Lady-in-Waiting: Patricia Grove
Selling Maid: Laura Lo Zito
Groundling: Gode Benedix
Usher: Nic Romm
Bear Baiter: Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Oxford's Servant: Patrick Diemling
Oxford's Doctor: Patrick Heyn
Stage Manager (New York): Nino Sandow
Dwarf: Craig Salisbury
Quince: Rainer Guldener
Bottom: Trystan Pütter
Titania: André Kaczmarczyk
Child Oberon: Jonas Hämmerle
Child Titania: Leonard Kinzinger
Pole's Commander: Mike Maas
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company: Claudius von Stolzmann
Dancer: Johann Hakob Wurster
Prison Guard: Joachim Paul Assböck
Lord of Court: Carsten Berger
Essex Assassin: Oliver Bigalke
Robert Cecil's Wife: Ulrike Brandt
Nobleman with Feathered Hat: Andreas Frakowiak
Young Lady in Waiting: Martina Ysker
Extra: Tobias Lauterberg
Young Lord Of Court: Hendrik Maaß
Angry Young Man in Theatre: Dennis Oestreich
Lady in Waiting: Alexandra Surer
Elizabeth's Personal Guard: Michael S. Ruscheinsky
First Lady to King James I: Steffi Sattler
Captain of the Guard: Tom Wlaschiha
Javanese Nobleman: Alexander Yassin

Written by: John Orloff

Director: Roland Emmerich

Production: Centropolis Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Studio Babelsberg

Release date: 28 Oct 2011

Box Office: $4,463,292
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