Elizabeth poster
Screenplay Michael Hirst
Director Shekhar Kapur

Elizabeth

Tagline: Declared illegitimate aged 3. Tried for treason aged 21. Crowned Queen aged 25.

Release Date: 1998-09-13

Duration: 124 minutes

Synopsis

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

Casting

  • Daniel Craig
    John Ballard
  • Cate Blanchett
    Elizabeth I
  • Kelly Macdonald
    Isabel Knollys
  • Vincent Cassel
    Duc d'Anjou
  • Joseph Fiennes
    Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
  • Geoffrey Rush
    Sir Francis Walsingham
  • Alfie Allen
    Arundel's Son
  • Daisy Bevan
    Arundel's Daughter
  • Emily Mortimer
    Kat Ashley
  • Jean-Pierre Léaud
    (uncredited)