Elizabeth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
1998
UK, India
124 minutes
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Writer: Michael Hirst
Producer: Tim Bevan - Eric Fellner - Alison Owen

Music: David Hirschfelder (original) - Edward Elgar - (from "Nimrod") - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (from "Requiem")

Art Directior: Lucy Richardson

Costume Design: Alexandra Byrne

Makeup: Anita Burger - Jenny Shircore

Rated R for violence and sexuality.


The story of Queen Elizabeth I's early, tumultuous years on the throne of England is told in this fine historical drama. Cate Blanchett, in a revelatory performance, convincingly depicts Elizabeth's Machiavellian machinations and manufactured rebirth as the "Virgin Queen."
Cast List

 

Cate Blanchett ... Elizabeth I
Geoffrey Rush ...  Sir Francis Walsingham
Joseph Fiennes ... Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Christopher Eccleston ... Duke of Norfolk
Richard Attenborough ...  Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley
John Gielgud ... The Pope
Fanny Ardant ... Mary of Guise
Vincent Cassel ... Duc d'Anjou
Kathy Burke ... Queen Mary Tudor
James Frain ... Alvaro de la Quadra
Terence Rigby ... Bishop Gardiner

Jamie Foreman ... Earl of Sussex
Eric Cantona ... Monsieur de Foix
Emily Mortimer ... Kat Ashley
 
Kelly Macdonald ... Isabel Knollys
 
Amanda Ryan .... Lettice Howard
Rod Culbertson .... Master Ridley
Paul Fox .... Male Martyr
Liz Giles .... Female Martyr
Peter Stockbridge .... Palace Chamberlain
Edward Hardwicke .... Earl of Arundel
Valerie Gale .... Mary's Dwarf
George Yiasoumi .... King Felipe II of Spain
Wayne Sleep .... Dance Tutor
Sally Grey .... Lady in Waiting
Kate Loustau .... Lady in Waiting
Elika Gibbs .... Lady in Waiting
Sarah Owen .... Lady in Waiting
Lily Allen .... Lady in Waiting
Joe White ... Master of the Tower
Matt Andrews ... Norfolk's Man
Liam Foley ... Norfolk's Man
Lewis Jones ... Priest
Michael Beint ... Bishop Carlisle
Angus Deayton ... Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer
Kenny Doughty ... Sir Thomas Elyot
Hayley Burroughs ... Elizabeth's Dwarf
Joseph O'Conor ... Earl of Derby
Brendan O'Hea ... Lord William Howard
Edward Highmore ... Lord Harewood
Daniel Moynihan ... First Bishop
Jeremy Hawk ... Second Bishop
James Rowe ... Bishop (in Cellar)
Donald Pelmear ... Third Bishop
Tim Bevan ... Handsome Man
Charles Cartmell ... Dudley's Man
Edward Purver ... Dudley's Man
Daniel Craig ... John Ballard
Vladimir Vega ... Vatican Cardinal
Alfie Owen-Allen ... Arundel's Son
Daisy Bevan ... Arundel's Daughter
Jennifer Lewicki ... Arundel's Housemaid
Viviane Horne ... Arundel's Wife
Nick Smallman ... Walsingham's Man
Ben Enwright ... Royal Guard of Honour
Ben Frain .... Young French Man
Shekhar Kapur .... Man who stabs Bishop
Jean-Pierre Léaud .... Royal Guard
Matthew Rhys .... Royal Guard
Christian Simpson .... Royal Guard
James Britton .... Member of Duc d'Anjou's Group
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