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.
Jamie Campbell Bower
Young Earl of Oxford
Rhys Ifans
Edward de Vere
David Thewlis
William Cecil
Joely Richardson
Princess Elizabeth Tudor
Vanessa Redgrave
Queen Elizabeth I
Sebastian Armesto
Ben Jonson
Rafe Spall
William Shakespeare
Edward Hogg
Robert Cecil
Xavier Samuel
Earl of Southampton
Sam Reid
Earl of Essex
Paolo De Vita
Francesco
Trystan Gravelle
Christopher Marlowe
Robert Emms
Thomas Dekker
Tony Way
Thomas Nashe
Julian Bleach
Captain Richard Pole
Derek Jacobi
Prologue
Alex Hassell
Spencer
James Garnon
John Heminge
Mark Rylance
Condell
Jasper Britton
Pope
Ned Dennehy
Interrogator
John Keogh
Philip Henslowe
Lloyd Hutchinson
Richard Burbage
Vicky Krieps
Bessie Vavasour
Helen Baxendale
Anne De Vere
Paula Schramm
Bridget De Vere
Amy Kwolek
Young Anne De Vere
Luke Thomas Taylor
Boy Earl of Oxford
Isaiah Michalski
Boy Robert Cecil
Timo Huber
Boy Earl of Southampton
Richard Durden
Archbishop
Shaun Lawton
Footman
Detlef Bothe
John De Vere
James Clyde
King James I
Christian Sengewald
Cecil's Spy Servant
Jean-Loup Fourure
Monsieur Beaulieu
Viktoria Gabrysch
Buxom Lady
Axel Sichrovsky
Essex General
Katrin Pollitt
Lady-in-Waiting
Patricia Grove
Laura Lo Zito
Selling Maid
Gode Benedix
Groundling
Nic Romm
Usher
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Bear Baiter
Patrick Diemling
Oxford's Servant
Patrick Heyn
Oxford's Doctor
Nino Sandow
Stage Manager (New York)
Craig Salisbury
Dwarf / Puck
Rainer Guldener
Quince
Trystan Pütter
Bottom
André Kaczmarczyk
Titania
Jonas Hämmerle
Child Oberon
Mike Maas
Pole's Commander
Christian Leonard
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Christian Banzhaf
Victoria Calero
Martin Engler
Alfred Hartung
Oliver Kube
Christian Ludwig
Oliver Rickenbacher
Claudius von Stolzmann
Tjadke Biallowons
Dancer
Dafne-Maria Fielder
Alexander Flache
Antonia Gerke
Sophie Hichert
Vera Kreyer
Stefanie Lanius
Urban Luig
Jasmin Mehling
Elisabeth Milarch
Robert Munzinger
Benjamin Plath
Erik Studte
Johann Hakob Wurster
Steffi Sattler
First Lady to King James I (uncredited)
John Orloff
Writer
Roland Emmerich
Director
Henning Molfenter
Co-Producer
Lissy Holm
Casting
Marc Weigert
Executive Producer
Thomas Wander
Original Music Composer
Bryce Tibbey
Art Direction
Simon-Julien Boucherie
Set Decoration
Robert Blasi
Art Department Coordinator
Volker Engel
Stefan Speth
Christopher Berg
Post Production Supervisor
Kirstin Winkler
Lisy Christl
Costume Design
Miki Emmrich
Unit Production Manager
Marcus Loges
Line Producer
Gabriella Gobber
Script Supervisor
Sabine Engelberg
Stephan O. Gessler
Supervising Art Director
Matthias Brauner
Title Designer
Lutz Lemke
Peter R. Adam
Editor
Christoph Fisser
Carl Woebcken
Leo Davis
Producer
Harald Kloser
Anna Foerster
Director of Photography
Doris Edwards
Production Coordinator
Susanne Fischer
Robert Leger
Sebastian T. Krawinkel
Production Design
Kim Frederiksen
Larry Franco
Sandra Balej
Compositing Artist
