Roland Emmerich Director, Producer
David Thewlis William Cecil
Jamie Campbell Bower Young Earl of Oxford
Vicky Krieps Bessie Vavasour
Sam Reid Earl of Essex
Joely Richardson Princess Elizabeth Tudor
Stefan Speth Art Direction
Vanessa Redgrave Queen Elizabeth I
Rhys Ifans Edward de Vere
Richard Durden Archbishop
Rafe Spall William Shakespeare
Mark Rylance Condell
Lloyd Hutchinson Richard Burbage
Derek Jacobi Prologue
Henry Lloyd-Hughes Bear Baiter
Helen Baxendale Anne De Vere
Ned Dennehy Interrogator
Sebastian Armesto Ben Jonson
Paula Schramm Bridget De Vere
Anna Foerster Director of Photography
Sabine Engelberg Art Direction
Xavier Samuel Earl of Southampton
Tony Way Thomas Nashe
Robert Emms Thomas Dekker
Alex Hassell Spencer
Julian Bleach Captain Richard Pole
Leo Davis Casting
Trystan Pütter Bottom
Miki Emmrich Unit Production Manager
Steffi Sattler First Lady to King James I (uncredited)
Marcus Loges Line Producer
Patrick Heyn Oxford's Doctor
Katrin Pollitt Lady-in-Waiting
Edward Hogg Robert Cecil
Trystan Gravelle Christopher Marlowe
Carl Woebcken Co-Producer
Henning Molfenter Co-Producer
Larry Franco Producer
James Clyde King James I
Lissy Holm Casting
Detlef Bothe John De Vere
Lisy Christl Costume Design
Mike Maas Pole's Commander
Harald Kloser Original Music Composer
John Orloff Writer, Executive Producer
John Keogh Philip Henslowe
Nic Romm Usher
Shaun Lawton Footman
Stephan O. Gessler Supervising Art Director
Jonas Hämmerle Child Oberon
Robert Blasi Art Department Coordinator
Gode Benedix Groundling
Christian Sengewald Cecil's Spy Servant
Thomas Wander Original Music Composer
Peter R. Adam Editor
Laura Lo Zito Selling Maid
Jasper Britton Pope
Sebastian T. Krawinkel Production Design
James Garnon John Heminge
Antonia Gerke Dancer
Paolo De Vita Francesco
Isaiah Michalski Boy Robert Cecil
André Kaczmarczyk Titania
Christoph Fisser Co-Producer
Axel Sichrovsky Essex General
Christian Leonard Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Rainer Guldener Quince
Marc Weigert Executive Producer
Patrick Diemling Oxford's Servant
Martin Engler Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Sophie Hichert Dancer
Susanne Fischer Production Coordinator