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

1998

2h 4m

7.2(1430 votes)

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Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

61 members

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Cate Blanchett

Elizabeth I

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Joseph Fiennes

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

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Geoffrey Rush

Sir Francis Walsingham

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Christopher Eccleston

Duke of Norfolk

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John Gielgud

The Pope

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Richard Attenborough

Sir William Cecil

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Fanny Ardant

Mary of Guise

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Éric Cantona

Monsieur de Foix

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Vincent Cassel

Duc d'Anjou

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Kathy Burke

Queen Mary Tudor

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Edward Hardwicke

Earl of Arundel

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Emily Mortimer

Kat Ashley

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James Frain

Alvaro de la Quadra

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Kelly Macdonald

Isabel Knollys

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Kenny Doughty

Sir Thomas Elyot

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Daniel Craig

John Ballard

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Alfie Allen

Arundel's Son

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Jamie Foreman

Earl of Sussex

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Lily Allen

Lady in Waiting

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Amanda Ryan

Lettice Howard

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Sally Grey

Lady in Waiting

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Elika Gibbs

Lady in Waiting

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Sarah Owen

Lady in Waiting

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Kate Loustau

Lady in Waiting

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Daniel Moynihan

First Bishop

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Jeremy Hawk

Second Bishop

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Daisy Bevan

Arundel's Daughter

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Hayley Burroughs

Lady in Waiting

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Joe White

Master of the Tower

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Matt Andrews

Norfolk's Man

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Ben Frain

Young French Man

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Lewis Jones

Priest

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Michael Beint

Bishop Carlisle

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Angus Deayton

Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer

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Joseph O'Conor

Earl of Derby

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Brendan O'Hea

Lord William Howard

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Edward Highmore

Lord Harewood

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James Rowe

Bishop (in Cellar)

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Donald Pelmear

Third Bishop

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Production

Tim Bevan

Handsome Man

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Liz Giles

Female Martyr

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Rod Culbertson

Master Ridley

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Peter Stockbridge

Palace Chamberlain

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Valerie Gale

Mary's Dwarf

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George Antoni

King Philip II of Spain

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Wayne Sleep

Dance Tutor

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Charles Cartmell

Dudley's Man

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Edward Purver

Dudley's Man

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Vladimir Vega

Vatican Cardinal

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Art

Jennifer Lewicki

Arundel's Housemaid

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Viviane Horne

Arundel's Wife

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Nick Smallman

Walsingham's Man

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James Britton

Member of Duc d'Anjou's Group (uncredited)

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Jean-Pierre Léaud

(uncredited)

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Ben Mars

Royal Guard of Honour (uncredited)

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Daniel O'Meara

Henchman (uncredited)

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Jocelyn Quivrin

French Guard (uncredited)

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Matthew Rhys

(uncredited)

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Jason Savin

Courtier (uncredited)

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Christian Simpson

Royal Guard (uncredited)

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Liam Foley

Norfolk's Man

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