Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Director: Shekhar Kapur
- Writer: William Nicholson; Michael Hirst
- Producer: Tim Bevan; Jonathan Cavendish
CGiii Comment
Nearly 10 years on and Kapur has not lost the magic touch...
Lavish, mature and stuffed full of innuendo.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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?
Cast & Characters
Jordi Mollà as King Philip ll of Spain;
Aimee King as Infanta;
Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I;
Laurence Fox as Sir Christopher Hatton;
John Shrapnel as Lord Howard;
Geoffrey Rush as Sir Francis Walsingham;
Susan Lynch as Annette;
Elise McCave as Laundry Woman;
Samantha Morton as Mary Stuart;
Abbie Cornish as Bess Throckmorton