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Drama
131 min
| 13 S V
Was Shakespeare a fraud? Set in the political snakepit of Elizabethan England, the film speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds, ranging from Mark Twain and Charles Dickens to Henry James and Sigmund Freud, namely: Who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature. One possible answer is posed, focusing on a time when cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne were exposed in the most unlikely of places: the London stage.
Cast
Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Xavier Samuel, Derek Jacobi, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, Edward Hogg, Jamie Campbell Bower
Directed by
Roland Emmerich
Music
Thomas Wander, Harald Kloser