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Was Shakespeare a Fraud?
Genres
DramaHistoryThriller
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$30000000
Revenue
$15395087
Runtime
130 min
Release Date
2011-10-21
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
739
Vote Average
6.402
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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
Paolo De Vita
Francesco
Trystan Gravelle
Christopher Marlowe
Robert Emms
Thomas Dekker
Tony Way
Thomas Nashe
Julian Bleach
Captain Richard Pole
Derek Jacobi
Prologue
Alex Hassell
Spencer
James Garnon
John Heminge
Mark Rylance
Condell
Jasper Britton
Pope
Ned Dennehy
Interrogator
John Keogh
Philip Henslowe
Lloyd Hutchinson
Richard Burbage
Vicky Krieps
Bessie Vavasour
Helen Baxendale
Anne De Vere
Paula Schramm
Bridget De Vere
Amy Kwolek
Young Anne De Vere
Luke Thomas Taylor
Boy Earl of Oxford
Isaiah Michalski
Boy Robert Cecil
Timo Huber
Boy Earl of Southampton
Richard Durden
Archbishop
Shaun Lawton
Footman
Detlef Bothe
John De Vere
James Clyde
King James I
Christian Sengewald
Cecil's Spy Servant
Jean-Loup Fourure
Monsieur Beaulieu
Viktoria Gabrysch
Buxom Lady
Axel Sichrovsky
Essex General
Katrin Pollitt
Lady-in-Waiting
Patricia Grove
Lady-in-Waiting
Laura Lo Zito
Selling Maid
Gode Benedix
Groundling
Nic Romm
Usher
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Bear Baiter
Patrick Diemling
Oxford's Servant
Patrick Heyn
Oxford's Doctor
Nino Sandow
Stage Manager (New York)
Craig Salisbury
Dwarf / Puck
Rainer Guldener
Quince
Trystan Pütter
Bottom
André Kaczmarczyk
Titania
Jonas Hämmerle
Child Oberon
Mike Maas
Pole's Commander
Christian Leonard
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Christian Banzhaf
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Victoria Calero
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Martin Engler
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Alfred Hartung
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Oliver Kube
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Christian Ludwig
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Oliver Rickenbacher
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Claudius von Stolzmann
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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