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.

• DirectorRoland Emmerich
• Release21 October 2011
• Genre
  Drama / History
• Duration2h 10m
• Budget$30,000,000
• Revenue$15,395,087
• Rate
  

  6.402
  739 reviews
• Productions

  Centropolis Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Studio Babelsberg