Elizabeth

Titolo originale: Elizabeth
Regia: Shekhar Kapur |
Anno: 1998
Origine: United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Storia
Tag: queen | duke | treason | queen elizabeth i | tudor | historical figure | catholic | protestant | palace intrigue | 16th century | british monarchy |
Cast: Cate Blanchett | Joseph Fiennes | Geoffrey Rush | Christopher Eccleston | John Gielgud | Richard Attenborough | Fanny Ardant | Éric Cantona | Vincent Cassel | Kathy Burke | Edward Hardwicke | Emily Mortimer | James Frain | Kelly Macdonald | Kenny Doughty | Daniel Craig | Alfie Allen | Jamie Foreman | Lily Allen | Amanda Ryan | Sally Grey | Elika Gibbs | Sarah Owen | Kate Loustau | Daniel Moynihan | Jeremy Hawk | Daisy Bevan | Hayley Burroughs | Joe White | Matt Andrews | Ben Frain | Lewis Jones | Michael Beint | Angus Deayton | Joseph O'Conor | Brendan O'Hea | Edward Highmore | James Rowe | Donald Pelmear | Tim Bevan | Liz Giles | Rod Culbertson | Peter Stockbridge | Valerie Gale | George Antoni | Wayne Sleep | Charles Cartmell | Edward Purver | Vladimir Vega | Jennifer Lewicki | Viviane Horne | Nick Smallman | James Britton | Jean-Pierre Léaud | Ben Mars | Daniel O'Meara | Jocelyn Quivrin | Matthew Rhys | Jason Savin | Christian Simpson | Liam Foley |

I primi, difficili anni di regno di Elisabetta Tudor (1533-1603), figlia (ripudiata) di Enrico VIII e Anna Bolena, che nel 1558 succede sul trono alla sorellastra Maria, rifiuta di sposarsi e, scampata agli attentati, diventa la Regina Vergine, dopo aver eliminato nemici esterni e interni. Dopo una ventina di film muti e sonori (con Sarah Bernhardt, Florence Eldridge, Bette Davis, Jean Simmons, Glenda Jackson, ecc.) ecco un'Elisabetta interpretata da una giovane e brava attrice australiana, scritta dall'inglese Michael Hirst e diretta da un regista pakistano, classe 1945, ex attore.

Errori

Sir William Cecil was 38 when Elizabeth became queen, not an old man as portrayed by Sir Richard Att [...] D
At the beginning of the film when Elizabeth is being arrested, she is addressed as "Princess Elizabe [...] D
Robert Dudley recites Sir Philip Sidney's sonnet "My true love hath my heart" to Elizabeth in a boat [...] D
In the scene when Robert Dudley goes to Elizabeth's bedroom, he interacts with six 'ladies in waitin [...] D
The first shot of Walsingham in the film (from behind the head), is actually used twice. Just before [...] D
Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester never betrayed Elizabeth and in fact helped to uncover the plot [...] D
Elizabeth has flashbacks to the Bishop shouting "You'll be damned for this!". But the Bishop shouted [...] D
Mary of Guise rides at the front of her men across a bloody battlefield. Back then, even reigning wo [...] D
John Gardner refutes Elizabeth's description of religion as a "small" issue by saying that it led to [...] D
As Elizabeth is being arrested, Robert Dudley's gold chain suddenly disappears from around his neck. D
While it's true that Henri, Duke of Anjou (later King Henri III) was generally obsessed with clothin [...] D
Walsingham is portrayed as significantly older than Elizabeth, being played by Geoffrey Rush who is [...] D
Mary of Guise is seen wearing modern eyeliner and eye shadow throughout the film. It's especially co [...] D
When Walsingham enters the Arundel home looking for the priest he picks up the little girl and if yo [...] D
When Elizabeth, dressed in red, is galloping to find Sir Robert, who is afield hunting, one long sho [...] D
Movie titles says "only England stands against him" in 1585, but this is not correct as the 80-years [...] D
At opening scene on the right side of the shot, a halberd used to block the crowd from the prisoners [...] D
John Ballard was part of the Babington Plot of 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth. Ballard was exec [...] D
In the featurette included on the DVD, the on-screen titling refers to the Duke of Norfolk, played b [...] D
The beginning of the film shows Robert Dudley with Elizabeth while she was arrested. Historically, R [...] D
Details of some historical characters and events have been changed to fit the dramatic narrative. D
At 1:23:12, midway up the Scottish castle in the background, the flash of a passing car is visible. D
The movie shows Kat Ashley as being about the same age as Elizabeth when in actuality she was much o [...] D
The third Duke of Norfolk died the year the movie opens (1554) (four years before Mary died) the fou [...] D
When John Ballard returns to England bearing letters from Rome, he accuses Norfolk's man, Thomas Ell [...] D
As Walsingham is speaking with Mary of Guise, she is holding a table knife up to her lips, and is pl [...] D
Two of Elizabeth's ladies in waiting in the film are called Lettice Howard and Isabel Knollys. In fa [...] D
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk was not arrested and executed for treason until 1572 when Elizabe [...] D
When the Duc d'Anjou leans over the dead Mary of Guise, she closes her eyes. D
Walsingham never went to Scotland during the period the film covers and never killed Mary de Guise. [...] D
In the film, Bishop Stephen Gardiner stands as a key figure in the pro-Catholic faction during Eliza [...] D
Henry, Duc d'Anjou was only 7 when Elizabeth became queen, and 8 when Mary of Guise died. D
After the unsuccessful assassination attempt, when Elizabeth is being tended by her ladies, she is s [...] D
Elizabeth is shown washing her face with water. In 16th-century England, water was considered danger [...] D