Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Release: 1998-09-13
·Runtime: 123m
·★ 7.2
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Working Title Films
Channel Four Films
Cast
Cate Blanchett
as Elizabeth I
Joseph Fiennes
as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Geoffrey Rush
as Sir Francis Walsingham
Christopher Eccleston
as Duke of Norfolk
John Gielgud
as The Pope
Richard Attenborough
as Sir William Cecil
Fanny Ardant
as Mary of Guise
Éric Cantona
as Monsieur de Foix
Vincent Cassel
as Duc d'Anjou
Kathy Burke
as Queen Mary Tudor
Edward Hardwicke
as Earl of Arundel
Emily Mortimer
as Kat Ashley
James Frain
as Alvaro de la Quadra
Kelly Macdonald
as Isabel Knollys
Kenny Doughty
as Sir Thomas Elyot
Daniel Craig
as John Ballard
Alfie Allen
as Arundel's Son
Jamie Foreman
as Earl of Sussex
Lily Allen
as Lady in Waiting
Amanda Ryan
as Lettice Howard
Kate Loustau
as Lady in Waiting
Daniel Moynihan
as First Bishop
Jeremy Hawk
as Second Bishop
Daisy Bevan
as Arundel's Daughter
Hayley Burroughs
as Lady in Waiting
Angus Deayton
as Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer
Joseph O'Conor
as Earl of Derby
Brendan O'Hea
as Lord William Howard
Tim Bevan
as Handsome Man
George Antoni
as King Philip II of Spain
Wayne Sleep
as Dance Tutor
Jean-Pierre Léaud
as (uncredited)
Jocelyn Quivrin
as French Guard (uncredited)
Matthew Rhys
as (uncredited)
Christian Simpson
as Royal Guard (uncredited)
Crew
Alison Owen
Producer
Shekhar Kapur
Director
Jill Bilcock
Editor
Alexandra Byrne
Costume Design
John Myhre
Production Design
Michael Hirst
Screenplay
Eric Fellner
Producer
Tim Bevan
Producer
Remi Adefarasin
Director of Photography
David Hirschfelder
Original Music Composer
Simone Pereira Hind
Casting
Victoria Mielewska
Dialect Coach
Dominic Preece
Stunts
Derek Lea
Stunts
Andy Bennett
Stunts
Nick Hobbs
Stunts
William Willoughby
Stunts
Richard Bradshaw
Stunts
Kiran Shah
Stunts
Rowley Irlam
Stunts
Peter Miles
Stunts
Neil Finnighan
Stunts
C.C. Smiff
Stunts
Jo McLaren
Stunts
Steve Griffin
Stunts
Rocky Taylor
Stunts
Simon Crane
Stunts
Michael Higham
Music Editor
Alex Bailey
Still Photographer
Debra Hayward
Producer
Liza Chasin
Producer
Alan Stewart
Second Unit Director of Photography
Tommy Gormley
First Assistant Director