Movie
Anonymous
2011PG-132h 10m6.4 / 10
Was Shakespeare a Fraud?
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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Synopsis
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.
More about Anonymous
Cast
Jamie Campbell BowerYoung Earl of Oxford
Rhys IfansEdward de Vere
David ThewlisWilliam Cecil
Joely RichardsonPrincess Elizabeth Tudor
Vanessa RedgraveQueen Elizabeth I
Sebastian ArmestoBen Jonson
Rafe SpallWilliam Shakespeare
Edward HoggRobert CecilCredits
- Directed by
- Roland Emmerich
- Written by
- John Orloff
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $15.4M
Production
Centropolis EntertainmentUnited States
Columbia PicturesUnited States
Relativity MediaUnited States
Studio BabelsbergGermany
Themes
16th centuryanonymityduringcreditsstingerfalse historypoetpoliticssecrecy
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