PRINCIPAL CAST

Vanessa Redgrave, Rafe Spall, Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis, Sebastian Armesto, Joely Richardson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Derek Jacobi, Edward Hogg, Sam Reid, Xavier Samuel, Paolo De Vita

DIRECTOR

Roland Emmerich

WRITER

John Orloff

PRODUCER

Roland Emmerich, Robert Leger, Larry Franco

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Volker Engel, Marc Weigert, John Orloff

SYNOPSIS

Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Sigmund Freud, namely: who actually created the body of work 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 scandalous political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles lusting for the power of the throne were brought to light in the most unlikely of places: the London stage.

BOX OFFICE

$4.5 Million

GENRE

Drama

RATING

Rated PG-13
some violence and sexual content

RUN TIME

130 Minutes

STUDIO

Sony Pictures