Overview
Genre
DramaRelease Date
October 28, 2011MPAA Rating
PG-13Duration
130 min.Studio
Columbia PicturesOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Roland EmmerichProducer
Roland Emmerich, Larry J. Franco, Robert LegerScreenwriter
John OrloffStarring
- Rhys Ifans as Edward de Vere
- Xavier Samuel as Southhampton
- David Thewlis as William Cecil
- Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Elizabeth I
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Young Oxford
- Joely Richardson as Princess Elizabeth Tudor
- Derek Jacobi as Prologue
- Tom Wlaschiha
- Edward Hogg
- Sebastian Armesto
- Rafe Spall
Story
Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous 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. Anonymous poses one possible answer, 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.
