Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Woman. Warrior. Queen.
Two faiths, two empires, two rulers - colliding in 1588. Papist Spain wants to bring down the heretic Elizabeth. Philip is building an armada but needs a rationale to attack. With covert intrigue, Spain sets a trap for the Queen and her principal secretary, Walsingham, using as a pawn Elizabeth's cousin Mary Stuart, who's under house arrest in the North. The trap springs, and the armada sets sail, to rendezvous with French ground forces and to attack. During these months, the Virgin Queen falls in love with Walter Raleigh, keeping him close to court and away from the sea and America. Is treachery or heroism at his heart? Does loneliness await her passionate majesty?
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Cate Blanchett
Queen Elizabeth I
Clive Owen
Sir Walter Raleigh
Geoffrey Rush
Sir Francis Walsingham
Jordi Mollà
King Philip ll of Spain
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Aimee King
Infanta
Laurence Fox
Sir Christopher Hatton
John Shrapnel
Lord Howard
Susan Lynch
Annette
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Elise McCave
Laundry Woman
Samantha Morton
Mary Stuart
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Craig Armstrong
Composer
A.R. Rahman
Composer
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Remi Adefarasin
Cinematographer
