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