Elizabeth

Synopsis

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.

Cast

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