Elizabeth
Trama
I primi, difficili anni di regno di Elisabetta Tudor (1533-1603), figlia (ripudiata) di Enrico VIII e Anna Bolena, che nel 1558 succede sul trono alla sorellastra Maria, rifiuta di sposarsi e, scampata agli attentati, diventa la Regina Vergine, dopo aver eliminato nemici esterni e interni. Dopo una ventina di film muti e sonori (con Sarah Bernhardt, Florence Eldridge, Bette Davis, Jean Simmons, Glenda Jackson, ecc.) ecco un'Elisabetta interpretata da una giovane e brava attrice australiana, scritta dall'inglese Michael Hirst e diretta da un regista pakistano, classe 1945, ex attore.
Dichiarata figlia illegittima a 3 anni. Processata pre tradimento a 21 anni. Incoronata regina a 25 anni.
(1998) Dramma , Storia
Data rilascio : 13/09/1998
regia di Shekhar Kapur
Budget : 30.000.000,00 $
Incasso : 82.150.642,00 $
Cast
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth I
Joseph Fiennes - Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Geoffrey Rush - Sir Francis Walsingham
Christopher Eccleston - Duke of Norfolk
John Gielgud - The Pope
Richard Attenborough - Sir William Cecil
Fanny Ardant - Mary of Guise
Éric Cantona - Monsieur de Foix
Vincent Cassel - Duc d'Anjou
Kathy Burke - Queen Mary Tudor
Edward Hardwicke - Earl of Arundel
Emily Mortimer - Kat Ashley
James Frain - Alvaro de la Quadra
Kelly Macdonald - Isabel Knollys
Kenny Doughty - Sir Thomas Elyot
Daniel Craig - John Ballard
Alfie Allen - Arundel's Son
Jamie Foreman - Earl of Sussex
Lily Allen - Lady in Waiting
Amanda Ryan - Lettice Howard
Sally Grey - Lady in Waiting
Elika Gibbs - Lady in Waiting
Sarah Owen - Lady in Waiting
Kate Loustau - Lady in Waiting
Daniel Moynihan - First Bishop
Jeremy Hawk - Second Bishop
Daisy Bevan - Arundel's Daughter
Hayley Burroughs - Lady in Waiting
Joe White - Master of the Tower
Matt Andrews - Norfolk's Man
Ben Frain - Young French Man
Lewis Jones - Priest
Michael Beint - Bishop Carlisle
Angus Deayton - Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer
Joseph O'Conor - Earl of Derby
Brendan O'Hea - Lord William Howard
Edward Highmore - Lord Harewood
James Rowe - Bishop (in Cellar)
Donald Pelmear - Third Bishop
Tim Bevan - Handsome Man
Liz Giles - Female Martyr
Rod Culbertson - Master Ridley
Peter Stockbridge - Palace Chamberlain
Valerie Gale - Mary's Dwarf
George Antoni - King Philip II of Spain
Wayne Sleep - Dance Tutor
Charles Cartmell - Dudley's Man
Edward Purver - Dudley's Man
Vladimir Vega - Vatican Cardinal
Jennifer Lewicki - Arundel's Housemaid
Viviane Horne - Arundel's Wife
Nick Smallman - Walsingham's Man
James Britton - Member of Duc d'Anjou's Group (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud - (uncredited)
Ben Mars - Royal Guard of Honour (uncredited)
Daniel O'Meara - Henchman (uncredited)
Jocelyn Quivrin - French Guard (uncredited)
Matthew Rhys - (uncredited)
Jason Savin - Courtier (uncredited)
Christian Simpson - Royal Guard (uncredited)
Liam Foley - Norfolk's Man