Young Earl of Oxford
Jamie Campbell Bower
Edward de Vere
Rhys Ifans
Francesco
Paolo De Vita
Christopher Marlowe
Trystan Gravelle
Thomas Dekker
Robert Emms
Thomas Nashe
Tony Way
Captain Richard Pole
Julian Bleach
Prologue
Derek Jacobi
Spencer
Alex Hassell
John Heminge
James Garnon
Condell
Mark Rylance
Pope
Jasper Britton
William Cecil
David Thewlis
Interrogator
Ned Dennehy
Philip Henslowe
John Keogh
Richard Burbage
Lloyd Hutchinson
Bessie Vavasour
Vicky Krieps
Anne De Vere
Helen Baxendale
Bridget De Vere
Paula Schramm
Young Anne De Vere
Amy Kwolek
Boy Earl of Oxford
Luke Thomas Taylor
Boy Robert Cecil
Isaiah Michalski
Boy Earl of Southampton
Timo Huber
Princess Elizabeth Tudor
Joely Richardson
Archbishop
Richard Durden
Footman
Shaun Lawton
John De Vere
Detlef Bothe
King James I
James Clyde
Cecil's Spy Servant
Christian Sengewald
Monsieur Beaulieu
Jean-Loup Fourure
Buxom Lady
Viktoria Gabrysch
Essex General
Axel Sichrovsky
Lady-in-Waiting
Katrin Pollitt
Patricia Grove
Queen Elizabeth I
Vanessa Redgrave
Selling Maid
Laura Lo Zito
Groundling
Gode Benedix
Usher
Nic Romm
Bear Baiter
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Oxford's Servant
Patrick Diemling
Oxford's Doctor
Patrick Heyn
Stage Manager (New York)
Nino Sandow
Dwarf / Puck
Craig Salisbury
Quince
Rainer Guldener
Bottom
Trystan Pütter
Ben Jonson
Sebastian Armesto
Titania
André Kaczmarczyk
Child Oberon
Jonas Hämmerle
Pole's Commander
Mike Maas
Stage Player: Shakespeare Company
Christian Leonard
Christian Banzhaf
Victoria Calero
Martin Engler
Alfred Hartung
Oliver Kube
Christian Ludwig
William Shakespeare
Rafe Spall
Oliver Rickenbacher
Claudius von Stolzmann
Dancer
Tjadke Biallowons
Dafne-Maria Fielder
Alexander Flache
Antonia Gerke
Sophie Hichert
Vera Kreyer
Stefanie Lanius
Urban Luig
Robert Cecil
Edward Hogg
Jasmin Mehling
Elisabeth Milarch
Robert Munzinger
Benjamin Plath
Erik Studte
Johann Hakob Wurster
First Lady to King James I (uncredited)
Steffi Sattler
Earl of Southampton
Xavier Samuel
Earl of Essex
Sam Reid
Line Producer
Marcus Loges
Writer
John Orloff
Executive Producer
Co-Producer
Kirstin Winkler
Art Direction
Stefan Speth
Producer
Larry Franco
Volker Engel
Director
Roland Emmerich
Costume Design
Lisy Christl
Henning Molfenter
Christoph Fisser
Robert Leger
Marc Weigert
Charlie Woebcken
Original Music Composer
Harald Kloser
Thomas Wander
Director of Photography
Anna Foerster
Editor
Peter R. Adam
Casting
Leo Davis
Lissy Holm
Production Design
Sebastian T. Krawinkel
Sabine Engelberg
Kim Frederiksen
Supervising Art Director
Stephan O. Gessler
Bryce Tibbey
Set Decoration
Simon-Julien Boucherie
Post Production Supervisor
Christopher Berg
Unit Production Manager
Miki Emmrich
Art Department Coordinator
Robert Blasi
Title Designer
Matthias Brauner
Production Coordinator
Doris Edwards
Susanne Fischer
Script Supervisor
Gabriella Gobber
Lutz Lemke