2006
Director: Tom Hooper
Writer: Nigel Williams
Producer: George Faber - Charles Pattinson - Suzan Harrison - Barney Reisz
Production Designer: Eve Stewart
Photography: Larry Smith
Costume: Mike O'Neill
Music: Rob Lane
Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons star in Elizabeth I, a two-part HBO Films miniseries event that explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I in the latter half of her reign, offering a personal look at her allies, her enemies and her suitors as she struggled to survive in a male-dominated world. Part 1 explores the middle-aged Elizabeth's tempestuous relationship with the Earl of Leicester as it survives a French suitor, war, treason, and illness. Part 2 follows Elizabeth through her later years, during which she had an equally passionate affair with the young, ambitious Earl of Essex, who had been raised, ironically, by his stepfather Leicester.
Elizabeth I looks beyond the myth
at the woman behind the crown, striking a balance between the queen's desire to
find love and passion, and her responsibility to the monarchy.
Filmed in Vilnius, Lithuania, Elizabeth I was directed by Tom Hooper, a Best
Director Emmy® nominee for Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness, which also
starred Mirren. The film was written by BAFTA-winning screenwriter and acclaimed
novelist Nigel Williams (The Wimbledon Poisoner, Bertie and Elizabeth, Uncle
Adolf).
Cast List:
Helen Mirren | .... | Elizabeth I |
Jeremy Irons | .... | Earl of Leicester |
Hugh Dancy | .... | Earl of Essex |
Jeremie Covillault | .... | Duke of Anjou |
Patrick Malahide | .... | Sir Francis Walsingham |
Ian McDiarmid | .... | Lord Burghley |
Toby Jones | .... | Robert Cecil |
Barbara Flynn | .... | Mary Queen of Scots |
Erick Deshors | .... | Jean de Simier |
Simon Woods | .... | Gifford |
Diana Kent | .... | Lady Essex |
Toby Salaman | .... | Dr. Lopez |
Geoffrey Streatfield | .... | Sir Anthony Babington |
John McEnery | .... | Jesuit Priest |
Martin Savage | .... | Stubbs |
David Delve | .... | Sir Francis Drake |
Martin Marquez | .... | Don Bernadino de Mendoza |
Charles Millham | .... | Priest |
Anne Firbank | .... | Lady Anne |
Mykolas Dorofejus | .... | Davison |
Rimantas Bagdzevicius | .... | Howard of Effingham |
Remigijus Bilinskas | .... | Man with Pitchfork |
Arvydas Dapsys | .... | MP |
Geoffrey T. Bersey | .... | Hatton |
Ewen Bremner | .... | King James VI |
Will Keen | .... | Francis Bacon |
Eddie Redmayne | .... | Earl of Southampton |
Ben Pullen | .... | Sir Walter Raleigh |
Charlotte Asprey | .... | Frances Walsingham |
Malcolm Terris | .... | Chaplain |
Douglas Reith | .... | Judge |
Anna Steel | .... | Lady in Waiting |
Ramunas Rudokas | .... | Thomas Burghley |