Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Biography, Drama, History

Cate Blanchett	Queen Elizabeth I
Jeremy Barker	Ramsay
Coral Beed	Court lady
Morne Botes	Courtier
Christian Brassington	Archduke Charles
Hayley Burroughs	Elizabeth's Dwarf
Robert Cambrinus	Austrian Ambassador
Abbie Cornish	Elizabeth Throckmorton
Jazz Dhiman	Nobleman
Adam Godley	William Walsingham
Geoffrey Rush	Sir Francis Walsingham
Clive Owen	Sir Walter Raleigh
Samantha Morton	Mary Stuart
Rhys Ifans	Robert Reston
Jordi Mollà	King Philip ll of Spain
John Shrapnel	Lord Howard
Aimee King	Infanta
Susan Lynch	Annette
Elise McCave	Laundry Woman

Director	Shekhar Kapur
Producer	Tim Bevan; Jonathan Cavendish; Alison Owen
Writer	William Nicholson; Michael Hirst
Cinematography	Remi Adefarasin

The movie opens with Queen Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) facing opposition from Spain. King Philip II of Spain (Jordi Molla) plots to overthrow Elizabeth's Protestant reign by supplanting her with her Catholic cousin, Mary Tudor (Samantha Morton), who Elizabeth is keeping imprisoned. Elizabeth is also charmed by Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen), who's rogue spirit and handsome looks attract not only the Queen's eye but also her lady in waiting, Elizabeth Throckmorton (Abbie Cornish), who everyone calls "Bess." Elizabeth's adviser, Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush) continues to advise the Queen throughout his elder years but Elizabeth is wracked with turmoil as she faces her county's invasion, deception in romance, and The Spanish Armada.