

13/09/1998
Inglaterra 1554. Sob o reinado da rainha católica Maria I da Inglaterra, o país ficou arruinado e devassado pelas lutas religiosas, na sua tentativa de impor o catolicismo. Bem contra a vontade de Maria I, sucede-lhe por morte a sua meia-irmã Isabel I de Inglaterra, Isabel Tudor, que aquela tentara condenar por traição, filha de Henrique VIII e de Ana Bolena. Isabel I restabelece o protestantismo e o Papa excomunga-a o que abre as portas à inimizade com a França e Espanha. Aconselhada a um casamento de conveniência para obter uma aliança que lhe permita manter a coroa, Isabel I sabe que tem que agir com firmeza, se não quiser sucumbir à Europa e à nobreza católica de Inglaterra.

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

Sally Grey
as Lady in Waiting

Elika Gibbs
as Lady in Waiting

Sarah Owen
as Lady in Waiting

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

Joe White
as Master of the Tower

Matt Andrews
as Norfolk's Man

Ben Frain
as Young French Man

Lewis Jones
as Priest

Michael Beint
as Bishop Carlisle

Angus Deayton
as Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer

Joseph O'Conor
as Earl of Derby

Brendan O'Hea
as Lord William Howard

Edward Highmore
as Lord Harewood

James Rowe
as Bishop (in Cellar)

Donald Pelmear
as Third Bishop

Tim Bevan
as Handsome Man

Liz Giles
as Female Martyr

Rod Culbertson
as Master Ridley

Peter Stockbridge
as Palace Chamberlain

Valerie Gale
as Mary's Dwarf

George Antoni
as King Philip II of Spain

Wayne Sleep
as Dance Tutor

Charles Cartmell
as Dudley's Man

Edward Purver
as Dudley's Man

Vladimir Vega
as Vatican Cardinal

Jennifer Lewicki
as Arundel's Housemaid

Viviane Horne
as Arundel's Wife

Nick Smallman
as Walsingham's Man

James Britton
as Member of Duc d'Anjou's Group (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Léaud
as (uncredited)

Ben Mars
as Royal Guard of Honour (uncredited)

Daniel O'Meara
as Henchman (uncredited)

Jocelyn Quivrin
as French Guard (uncredited)

Matthew Rhys
as (uncredited)

Jason Savin
as Courtier (uncredited)

Christian Simpson
as Royal Guard (uncredited)

Liam Foley
as Norfolk's Man
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