Declared illegitimate aged 3. Tried for treason aged 21. Crowned Queen aged 25.
September 13, 1998
2h 3m
EN
Shekhar Kapur
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.
Cate Blanchett
Elizabeth I
Joseph Fiennes
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Geoffrey Rush
Sir Francis Walsingham
Christopher Eccleston
Duke of Norfolk
Michael Hirst
1,502
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
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
US
Working Title Films
GB
Channel Four Films
GB
