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.
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Jamie Campbell Bower
Young Earl of Oxford
Rhys Ifans
Edward de Vere
David Thewlis
William Cecil
Joely Richardson
Princess Elizabeth Tudor
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
Director
Roland Emmerich
Tagline
"Was Shakespeare a Fraud?"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$30,000,000
Revenue
$15,395,087
Production
Centropolis Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Studio Babelsberg
Andres Gomez
October 6, 2013
Good entertaining fictional historic movie. Just don't try to chew on whether the history is true or not but enjoy the plot.
Filipe Manuel Neto
February 16, 2023
**A film that would be much better with less sudden flashbacks, fewer anachronisms and a more careful explanation of the theory it comes to present.** I've already written a lot here, and I've said it a few times, but it's worth saying again that, although I'm a historian and I like Shakespeare's work, I'm not a native English speaker (I'm Portuguese and I speak the language of my country) nor ...
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