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