Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
The story
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.
- queen
- duke
- treason
- queen elizabeth i
- tudor
- historical figure
- catholic
- protestant
- palace intrigue
- 16th century
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Cate Blanchett
Elizabeth I
Joseph Fiennes
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Geoffrey Rush
Sir Francis Walsingham
Christopher Eccleston
Duke of Norfolk
- John Gielgud — The Pope
- Richard Attenborough — Sir William Cecil
- Fanny Ardant — Mary of Guise
- Éric Cantona — Monsieur de Foix
- Vincent Cassel — Duc d'Anjou
- Kathy Burke — Queen Mary Tudor
- Edward Hardwicke — Earl of Arundel
- Emily Mortimer — Kat Ashley
- James Frain — Alvaro de la Quadra
- Kelly Macdonald — Isabel Knollys
- Kenny Doughty — Sir Thomas Elyot
- Directed
- Shekhar Kapur
- Written
- Michael Hirst
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 1,519 ratings
- Studio
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films, Channel Four Films
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1998 · You’re hereElizabeth
Where it starts.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
