Elizabeth (1998)
Biography, Drama, History.
Elizabeth is biography film directed by Shekhar Kapur, and written by Michael Hirst. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Christopher Eccleston, Tim Bevan, Kathy Burke and Fanny Ardant.
Elizabeth Tudor (Cate Blanchett) becomes queen of a divided and dangerous England in 1558. She is roundly perceived as weak by threats from within and abroad, and she is strongly advised to marry by counsel William Cecil (Richard Attenborough). But she will be married only to her country. Intelligent and cautious, she must choose where to place her trust: with her shrewd secretary Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush), a master of espionage, or her secret lover, Sir Robert Dudley (Joseph Fiennes).
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Writer: Michael Hirst
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Christopher Eccleston, Tim Bevan, Kathy Burke, Fanny Ardant
►Cast:
Liz Giles | ► | Female Martyr |
Rod Culbertson | ► | Master Ridley |
Paul Fox | ► | Male Martyr |
Terence Rigby | ► | Bishop Gardiner |
Christopher Eccleston | ► | Duke of Norfolk |
Peter Stockbridge | ► | Palace Chamberlain |
Amanda Ryan | ► | Lettice Howard |
Kathy Burke | ► | Queen Mary Tudor |
Valerie Gale | ► | Mary’s Dwarf |
George Antoni | ► | King Philip II of Spain |
James Frain | ► | Alvaro de la Quadra |
Jamie Foreman | ► | Earl of Sussex |
Edward Hardwicke | ► | Earl of Arundel |
Cate Blanchett | ► | Elizabeth I |
Emily Mortimer | ► | Kat Ashley |
Joseph Fiennes | ► | Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester |
Kelly Macdonald | ► | Isabel Knollys |
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 |
Geoffrey Rush | ► | Sir Francis Walsingham |
Ben Frain | ► | Young French Man |
Richard Attenborough | ► | Sir William Cecil |
Lewis Jones | ► | Priest |
Michael Beint | ► | Bishop Carlisle |
Angus Deayton | ► | Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer |
Eric Cantona | ► | Monsieur de Foix |
Kenny Doughty | ► | Sir Thomas Elyot |
Hayley Burroughs | ► | Elizabeth’s Dwarf |
Fanny Ardant | ► | Mary of Guise |
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 |
Donald Pelmear | ► | Third Bishop |
Tim Bevan | ► | Handsome Man |
Charles Cartmell | ► | Dudley’s Man |
Edward Purver | ► | Dudley’s Man |
Vincent Cassel | ► | Duc d’Anjou |
John Gielgud | ► | The Pope |
Daniel Craig | ► | John Ballard |
Vladimir Vega | ► | Vatican Cardinal |
Alfie Allen | ► | Arundel’s Son |
Daisy Bevan | ► | Arundel’s Daughter |
Jennifer Lewicki | ► | Arundel’s Housemaid |
Viviane Horne | ► | Arundel’s Wife |
Nick Smallman | ► | Walsingham’s Man |
James Britton | ► | Member of Duc d’Anjou’s Group |
Martin L. Evans | ► | Male Martyr 2 |
Jean-Pierre Léaud | ► | |
Ben Mars | ► | Royal Guard of Honour |
Daniel O’Meara | ► | Henchman |
Jocelyn Quivrin | ► | French Guard |
Matthew Rhys | ► | |
Christian Simpson | ► | Royal Guard |