Filmmakers
Above the lineRE
Director
Roland Emmerich
JO
Screenplay
John Orloff
Writer
AF
Cinematography
Anna Foerster
Director of Photography
PA
Editing
Peter R. Adam
Editor
TW
Music
Thomas Wander
Original Music Composer
HK
Music
Harald Kloser
Original Music Composer
SK
Production Design
Sebastian T. Krawinkel
LC
Costume Design
Lisy Christl
Cast
77JB
Jamie Campbell Bower
Young Earl of Oxford
RI
Rhys Ifans
Edward de Vere
DT
David Thewlis
William Cecil
JR
Joely Richardson
Princess Elizabeth Tudor
VR
Vanessa Redgrave
Queen Elizabeth I
SA
Sebastian Armesto
Ben Jonson
RS
Rafe Spall
William Shakespeare
EH
Edward Hogg
Robert Cecil
XS
Xavier Samuel
Earl of Southampton
SR
Sam Reid
Earl of Essex
PV
Paolo De Vita
Francesco
TG
Trystan Gravelle
Christopher Marlowe
RE
Robert Emms
Thomas Dekker
TW
Tony Way
Thomas Nashe
JB
Julian Bleach
Captain Richard Pole
DJ
Derek Jacobi
Prologue
AH
Alex Hassell
Spencer
JG
James Garnon
John Heminge
MR
Mark Rylance
Condell
JB
Jasper Britton
Pope
ND
Ned Dennehy
Interrogator
JK
John Keogh
Philip Henslowe
LH
Lloyd Hutchinson
Richard Burbage
VK
Vicky Krieps
Bessie Vavasour
HB
Helen Baxendale
Anne De Vere
PS
Paula Schramm
Bridget De Vere
AK
Amy Kwolek
Young Anne De Vere
LT
Luke Thomas Taylor
Boy Earl of Oxford
IM
Isaiah Michalski
Boy Robert Cecil
TH
Timo Huber
Boy Earl of Southampton
RD
Richard Durden
Archbishop
SL
Shaun Lawton
Footman
DB
Detlef Bothe
John De Vere
JC
James Clyde
King James I
CS
Christian Sengewald
Cecil's Spy Servant
JF
Jean-Loup Fourure
Monsieur Beaulieu
VG
Viktoria Gabrysch
Buxom Lady
AS
Axel Sichrovsky
Essex General
KP
Katrin Pollitt
Lady-in-Waiting
PG
Patricia Grove
Lady-in-Waiting
LZ
Laura Lo Zito
Selling Maid
GB
Gode Benedix
Groundling
NR
Nic Romm
Usher
HL
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Bear Baiter
PD
Patrick Diemling
Oxford's Servant
PH
Patrick Heyn
Oxford's Doctor
NS
Nino Sandow
Stage Manager (New York)
CS
Craig Salisbury
Dwarf / Puck
RG
Rainer Guldener
Quince
TP
Trystan Pütter
Bottom
AK
André Kaczmarczyk
Titania
JH
Jonas Hämmerle
Child Oberon
MM
Mike Maas
Pole's Commander
CL
Christian Leonard
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
CB
Christian Banzhaf
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
VC
Victoria Calero
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
ME
Martin Engler
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
AH
Alfred Hartung
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
OK
Oliver Kube
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
CL
Christian Ludwig
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
OR
Oliver Rickenbacher
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
CS
Claudius von Stolzmann
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
TB
Tjadke Biallowons
Dancer
DF
Dafne-Maria Fielder
Dancer
AF
Alexander Flache
Dancer
AG
Antonia Gerke
Dancer
SH
Sophie Hichert
Dancer
VK
Vera Kreyer
Dancer
SL
Stefanie Lanius
Dancer
UL
Urban Luig
Dancer
JM
Jasmin Mehling
Dancer
EM
Elisabeth Milarch
Dancer
RM
Robert Munzinger
Dancer
BP
Benjamin Plath
Dancer
ES
Erik Studte
Dancer
JW
Johann Hakob Wurster
Dancer
SS
Steffi Sattler
First Lady to King James I (uncredited)
Departments
32Production
- Lissy HolmCasting
- Leo DavisCasting
- Henning MolfenterCo-Producer
- Kirstin WinklerCo-Producer
- Christoph FisserCo-Producer
- Carl WoebckenCo-Producer
- Marc WeigertExecutive Producer
- Volker EngelExecutive Producer
- John OrloffExecutive Producer
- Marcus LogesLine Producer
- Roland EmmerichProducer
- Robert LegerProducer
- Larry FrancoProducer
- Doris EdwardsProduction Coordinator
- Susanne FischerProduction Coordinator
- Miki EmmrichUnit Production Manager
Sound
- Manfred BanachSound
- Hubert BartholomaeSound Mixer
Art
- Robert BlasiArt Department Coordinator
- Bryce TibbeyArt Direction
- Stefan SpethArt Direction
- Sabine EngelbergArt Direction
- Kim FrederiksenArt Direction
- Simon-Julien BoucherieSet Decoration
- Stephan O. GesslerSupervising Art Director
- Matthias BraunerTitle Designer
- Lutz LemkeTitle Designer
Costume & Make-Up
- Heike MerkerMakeup Artist
- Björn RehbeinMakeup Artist
Visual Effects
- Sandra BalejCompositing Artist
Crew
- Christopher BergPost Production Supervisor
Directing
- Gabriella GobberScript Supervisor