

Was Shakespeare a Fraud?
October 21, 2011
2h 10m
EN
Roland Emmerich
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.

Jamie Campbell Bower
Young Earl of Oxford

Rhys Ifans
Edward de Vere

David Thewlis
William Cecil

Joely Richardson
Princess Elizabeth Tudor


John Orloff
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Vanessa Redgrave
Queen Elizabeth I

Sebastian Armesto
Ben Jonson

Rafe Spall
William Shakespeare

Edward Hogg
Robert Cecil

Xavier Samuel
Earl of Southampton

Sam Reid
Earl of Essex

Centropolis Entertainment
US

Columbia Pictures
US

Relativity Media
US

Studio Babelsberg
DE