Elizabeth
“Declared illegitimate aged 3. Tried for treason aged 21. Crowned Queen aged 25.”
Director
Shekhar Kapur
Screenplay
Michael Hirst
Shekhar Kapur's 'Elizabeth' is a lush, politically charged historical drama that made Cate Blanchett a star, casting her as the young Elizabeth I navigating treachery, foreign plots and pressure to marry as she consolidates power. Kapur shoots the Tudor court like a paranoid thriller, all shadowed corridors and lurking assassins, with Geoffrey Rush as her ruthless spymaster Walsingham. Blanchett's transformation into the untouchable Virgin Queen is riveting. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, it is a bold, operatic reinvention of the period film.
Release
Sep 13, 1998
Budget
$30M
Country
United Kingdom
Revenue
$82M
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
Kate Loustau
Lady in Waiting
Daniel Moynihan
First Bishop
Jeremy Hawk
Second Bishop
Daisy Bevan
Arundel's Daughter
Hayley Burroughs
Lady in Waiting
Reviews
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From the same director: Shekhar Kapur
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