The Imitation Game
2014 · History · Drama
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Film / 2011
Anonymous
Directed by
Roland Emmerich
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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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
Jamie Campbell BowerYoung Earl of Oxford
Rhys IfansEdward de Vere
David ThewlisWilliam Cecil
Joely RichardsonPrincess Elizabeth Tudor
Vanessa RedgraveQueen Elizabeth I
Sebastian ArmestoBen Jonson
Rafe SpallWilliam Shakespeare
Edward HoggRobert Cecil
Xavier SamuelEarl of Southampton
Sam ReidEarl of Essex
Paolo De VitaFrancesco
Trystan GravelleChristopher Marlowe
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Robert EmmsThomas Dekker
Tony WayThomas Nashe
Julian BleachCaptain Richard Pole
Derek JacobiPrologue
Alex HassellSpencer
James GarnonJohn Heminge
Mark RylanceCondell
Jasper BrittonPope
Ned DennehyInterrogator
John KeoghPhilip Henslowe
Lloyd HutchinsonRichard Burbage
Vicky KriepsBessie Vavasour
Helen BaxendaleAnne De Vere
Paula SchrammBridget De Vere
Amy KwolekYoung Anne De Vere
Luke Thomas TaylorBoy Earl of Oxford
Isaiah MichalskiBoy Robert Cecil
Timo HuberBoy Earl of Southampton
Richard DurdenArchbishop
Shaun LawtonFootman
Detlef BotheJohn De Vere
James ClydeKing James I
Christian SengewaldCecil's Spy Servant
Jean-Loup FourureMonsieur Beaulieu
Viktoria GabryschBuxom Lady
Axel SichrovskyEssex General
Katrin PollittLady-in-Waiting
Patricia GroveLady-in-Waiting
Laura Lo ZitoSelling Maid
Gode BenedixGroundling
Nic RommUsher
Henry Lloyd-HughesBear Baiter
Patrick DiemlingOxford's Servant
Patrick HeynOxford's Doctor
Nino SandowStage Manager (New York)
Craig SalisburyDwarf / Puck
Rainer GuldenerQuince
Trystan PütterBottom
André KaczmarczykTitania
Jonas HämmerleChild Oberon
Mike MaasPole's Commander
Christian LeonardStage Player: Shakespeare Company
Christian BanzhafStage Player: Shakespeare Company
Victoria CaleroStage Player: Shakespeare Company
Martin EnglerStage Player: Shakespeare Company
Alfred HartungStage Player: Shakespeare Company
Oliver KubeStage Player: Shakespeare Company
Christian LudwigStage Player: Shakespeare Company
Oliver RickenbacherStage Player: Shakespeare Company
Claudius von StolzmannStage Player: Shakespeare Company
Tjadke BiallowonsDancer
Dafne-Maria FielderDancer
Alexander FlacheDancer
Antonia GerkeDancer
Sophie HichertDancer
Vera KreyerDancer
Stefanie LaniusDancer
Urban LuigDancer
Jasmin MehlingDancer
Elisabeth MilarchDancer
Robert MunzingerDancer
Benjamin PlathDancer
Erik StudteDancer
Johann Hakob WursterDancer
Steffi SattlerFirst Lady to King James I (uncredited)
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