Elizabeth (1998)

Regisseur:

Shekhar Kapur

Drehbuchautor:

Michael Hirst (written by)

Premierendatum:

22. November 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Biographie | Drama | Historienfilm | Romanze

Werbezeile:

Declared illegitimate aged 3. Tried for treason aged 21. Crowned Queen aged 25.

Plot:

A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.

Plot Keywords:

Corporeal Mortification | Costume Drama | 1500s | Coronation | Historical Drama

Filmpreise:

Won Oscar. Another 29 wins & 32 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Who can tell for sure how it really was?

Besetzung

Cate Blanchett	...	Elizabeth I
Geoffrey Rush	...	Sir Francis Walsingham
Christopher Eccleston	...	Duke of Norfolk
Joseph Fiennes	...	Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Richard Attenborough	...	Sir William Cecil
Fanny Ardant	...	Mary of Guise
Eric Cantona	...	Monsieur de Foix
Vincent Cassel	...	Duc d'Anjou
Kathy Burke	...	Queen Mary Tudor
Edward Hardwicke	...	Earl of Arundel
Emily Mortimer	...	Kat Ashley
John Gielgud	...	The Pope
Liz Giles	...	Female Martyr
Rod Culbertson	...	Master Ridley
Paul Fox	...	Male Martyr

Alternativ:

Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen (USA) (closing credits title)
Elizabeth (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and sexuality.

Länge:

124 Min

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch | Französisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #35933) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Austria:16 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:12 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15

Drehorte:

Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK

Firma:

Polygram Filmed Entertainment

Dies und das:

1998 was the only year that two performers were nominated for Academy Awards for playing the same character in two different films in the same year. Judi Dench was nominated (and won) for Best Supporting Actress for playing Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Cate Blanchett was nominated for Best Actress for portraying Elizabeth I in this film.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: After the unsuccessful assassination attempt, when Elizabeth is being tended by her ladies, she is shown standing, yet the very next shot has her sitting.

Dialogzitate:

[Mary, on her deathbed, is refusing to sign a warrant for Elizabeth's execution]
Norfolk: Will you leave your kingdom to a heretic?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in 'Billy Elliot': Breaking Free (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

Rondeas I and VII

Who can tell for sure how it really was?

I just watched Elizabeth, for the second time and once again I was ...what would be the word...moved? Not in the teary-eyed sense, but in a way that makes you want to read more about Elizabeth I.

However, I have read other comments and two things occurred to me. First, that many people (brilliant scholars or erudite people whom I respect) pretend that "it did not look that way" or " it did not happen that way", such and such. Who are you to tell? History is not an exact science, it is a HUMAN way to try and keep in touch with the events that shaped the world we live in. Being interested in history and costume history myself, nothing STRIKE me as BLATANTLY anachronistic. I think that Mr. Kapur primarily wanted to illustrate Elizabeth's rise to power, not her entire reign, which would take several films. His film is an account of an episode of English history, not a chronic on life in Tudor England, hence the lack of filth and lice, as someone mentioned... The second element is a more personal one, that in fact came to my mind while watching the film: how could Cate Blanchett lose the Oscar to Gwyneth Paltrow, of all people?! Her performance in Shakespeare in Love was charming, no less but no more. I think that trying to catch the conscience of a queen, to make an illustrious historic figure come to life is far more difficult than playing William Shakespeare's (fictitious) love interest.

It was my humble opinion, and I wanted to share it with other IMDB users.