Directed by:
Roland EmmerichScreenplay:
John OrloffCinematography:
Anna FoersterCast:
Vanessa Redgrave, Rhys Ifans, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Paula Schramm, Robert Emms, Edward Hogg, Rafe Spall, Jamie Campbell Bower, Xavier Samuel (more)VOD (1)
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Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds ranging from Mark Twain and Charles Dickens to Henry James and Sigmund Freud, namely: who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature. Anonymous poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne were exposed in the most unlikely of places: the London stage. (official distributor synopsis)
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