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