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Elizabeth (1998)

★ 7.2 · 1,497 ratings on TMDB

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

Elizabeth poster★ 7.2

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

DirectorShekhar Kapur
CastCate Blanchett, Christopher Eccleston, Fanny Ardant, Geoffrey Rush, John Gielgud, Joseph Fiennes
GenresDrama, History
The emergence reading

Elizabeth keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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