Anonymous (2011)

Director:
  Roland Emmerich
Writer:
John Orloff
Stars:
Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave and David Thewlis

Cast:
Credited cast:
Derek Jacobi ... Prologue
Jamie Campbell Bower ... Young Oxford
Rhys Ifans ... Edward de Vere
Joely Richardson ... Princess Elizabeth Tudor
Vanessa Redgrave ... Queen Elizabeth I
David Thewlis ... William Cecil
Xavier Samuel ... Southhampton
Rafe Spall ... William Shakespeare
Mark Rylance ... Gloucester
Edward Hogg ... Robert Cecil
Ned Dennehy ... Interrogator
Tony Way ... Thomas Nashe
Sebastian Armesto ... Ben Jonson
Tom Wlaschiha ... Captain of the Guard
Henry Lloyd-Hughes ... Bear Baiter

Storyline
A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare-- Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford-- set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.

 
Details
Country: UK | Germany
Language: English
Release Date: 30 September 2011 (USA)
Filming Locations: Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Technical Specs
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1