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Was Shakespeare a Fraud?

  • Movie
  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • 2h 10m

Directed by Roland Emmerich

6.4

TMDB audience rating
6.4 out of 10 from 821 votes

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Overview

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 and crew

  • Jamie Campbell Bower

    Jamie Campbell BowerYoung Earl of Oxford

  • Rhys Ifans

    Rhys IfansEdward de Vere

  • David Thewlis

    David ThewlisWilliam Cecil

  • Joely Richardson

    Joely RichardsonPrincess Elizabeth Tudor

  • Vanessa Redgrave

    Vanessa RedgraveQueen Elizabeth I

  • Sebastian Armesto

    Sebastian ArmestoBen Jonson

  • Rafe Spall

    Rafe SpallWilliam Shakespeare

  • Edward Hogg

    Edward HoggRobert Cecil

  • Xavier Samuel

    Xavier SamuelEarl of Southampton

  • Sam Reid

    Sam ReidEarl of Essex

  • Paolo De Vita

    Paolo De VitaFrancesco

  • Trystan Gravelle

    Trystan GravelleChristopher Marlowe

  • Robert Emms

    Robert EmmsThomas Dekker

  • Tony Way

    Tony WayThomas Nashe

  • Julian Bleach

    Julian BleachCaptain Richard Pole

  • Derek Jacobi

    Derek JacobiPrologue

  • Alex Hassell

    Alex HassellSpencer

  • James Garnon

    James GarnonJohn Heminge

Director
Roland Emmerich
Writer
John Orloff
Music
Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander
Cinematography
Anna Foerster