Anonymous
“Was Shakespeare a Fraud?”
Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.
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Cast
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Jamie Campbell Bower
Young Earl of Oxford
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Rhys Ifans
Edward de Vere
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David Thewlis
William Cecil
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Joely Richardson
Princess Elizabeth Tudor
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Vanessa Redgrave
Queen Elizabeth I
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Sebastian Armesto
Ben Jonson
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Rafe Spall
William Shakespeare
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Edward Hogg
Robert Cecil
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Xavier Samuel
Earl of Southampton
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Sam Reid
Earl of Essex
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Paolo De Vita
Francesco
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Trystan Gravelle
Christopher Marlowe
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Roland Emmerich Director · John Orloff Writer Harald Kloser Composer
Worldwide gross $15M · Budget $30M · United States release October 28, 2011
Box office
Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$15,395,087
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
Centropolis Entertainment
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production
Relativity Media
Production · Studio
Studio Babelsberg
Production
Germany · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Brazil · October 21, 2011
Theatrical
United States · October 28, 2011
Theatrical
Austria
November 11, 2011 · Theatrical
France
November 16, 2011 · Theatrical
November 5, 2025 · TV · Arte
Germany
November 10, 2011 · Theatrical
Greece
November 17, 2011 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 11, 2012 · Digital
Ireland
October 28, 2011 · Digital
Italy
November 18, 2011 · Theatrical
Japan
February 25, 2012 · Digital
Netherlands
December 8, 2011 · Theatrical
May 9, 2012 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
September 10, 2015 · TV · RTL 8
Poland
November 10, 2011 · Digital
Romania
October 21, 2011 · Theatrical
Russia
November 17, 2011 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 28, 2011 · Theatrical
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