Anonymous Was Shakespeare a Fraud? Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays. Details Casts Videos Galleries Posters Title Anonymous Release Date 2011-10-21 Runtime 02 Hours 10 Minutes Genres Drama History Thriller Production Companies Centropolis Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Studio Babelsberg Production Countries Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America Jamie Campbell Bower... Young Earl of Oxford... Rhys Ifans... Edward de Vere... David Thewlis... William Cecil... Joely Richardson... Princess Elizabeth Tudor... Vanessa Redgrave... Queen Elizabeth I... Sebastian Armesto... Ben Jonson... Rafe Spall... William Shakespeare... Edward Hogg... Robert Cecil... Xavier Samuel... Earl of Southampton... Sam Reid... Earl of Essex... Paolo De Vita... Francesco... Trystan Gravelle... Christopher Marlowe... Robert Emms... Thomas Dekker... Tony Way... Thomas Nashe... Julian Bleach... Captain Richard Pole... Derek Jacobi... Prologue... Alex Hassell... Spencer... James Garnon... John Heminge... Mark Rylance... Condell... Jasper Britton... Pope... Ned Dennehy... Interrogator... John Keogh... Philip Henslowe... Lloyd Hutchinson... Richard Burbage... Vicky Krieps... Bessie Vavasour... Helen Baxendale... Anne De Vere... Paula Schramm... Bridget De Vere... Amy Kwolek... Young Anne De Vere... Luke Thomas Taylor... Boy Earl of Oxford... Isaiah Michalski... Boy Robert Cecil... Timo Huber... Boy Earl of Southampton... Richard Durden... Archbishop... Shaun Lawton... Footman... Detlef Bothe... John De Vere... James Clyde... King James I... Christian Sengewald... Cecil's Spy Servant... Jean-Loup Fourure... Monsieur Beaulieu... Viktoria Gabrysch... Buxom Lady... Axel Sichrovsky... Essex General... Katrin Pollitt... Lady-in-Waiting... Patricia Grove... Lady-in-Waiting... Laura Lo Zito... Selling Maid... Gode Benedix... Groundling... Nic Romm... Usher... Henry Lloyd-Hughes... Bear Baiter... Patrick Diemling... Oxford's Servant... Patrick Heyn... Oxford's Doctor... Nino Sandow... Stage Manager (New York)... Craig Salisbury... Dwarf / Puck... Rainer Guldener... Quince... Trystan Pütter... Bottom... André Kaczmarczyk... Titania... Jonas Hämmerle... Child Oberon... Mike Maas... Pole's Commander... Christian Leonard... Stage Player: Shakespeare... Christian Banzhaf... Stage Player: Shakespeare... Victoria Calero... Stage Player: Shakespeare... Martin Engler... Stage Player: Shakespeare... Alfred Hartung... Stage Player: Shakespeare... Oliver Kube... Stage Player: Shakespeare... Christian Ludwig... Stage Player: Shakespeare... Oliver Rickenbacher... Stage Player: Shakespeare... Claudius von Stolzmann... Stage Player: Shakespeare... Tjadke Biallowons... Dancer... Dafne-Maria Fielder... Dancer... Alexander Flache... Dancer... Antonia Gerke... Dancer... Sophie Hichert... Dancer... Vera Kreyer... Dancer... Stefanie Lanius... Dancer... Urban Luig... Dancer... Jasmin Mehling... Dancer... Elisabeth Milarch... Dancer... Robert Munzinger... Dancer... Benjamin Plath... Dancer... Erik Studte... Dancer... Johann Hakob Wurster... Dancer... Steffi Sattler... First Lady to King James ... Official Trailer (Trailer) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1922x1080) Original Size (1288x724) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1400x2100) Original Size (1402x2000) Original Size (800x1200) Original Size (960x1440) Original Size (960x1440) Original Size (695x1000) Original Size (1400x2100) Original Size (500x750) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (800x1200) Original Size (1000x1426) Original Size (933x1399) Original Size (768x1024) Original Size (864x1280) Original Size (701x1052) Original Size (650x939) Original Size (1134x1639) Original Size (800x1200) Original Size (1080x1620) Original Size (600x900) Original Size (768x1152)