---
title: 'Anonymous (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roland Emmerich'
released: '2011-09-11'
runtime_minutes: 131
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/anonymous-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1521197/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Anonymous (2011)

2011 · 131 min · Drama · Germany, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Anonymous is a 2011 period drama film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by John Orloff. The film is a fictionalized version of the life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, an Elizabethan courtier, playwright, poet and patron of the arts, and suggests he was the actual author of William Shakespeare's plays. It stars Rhys Ifans as de Vere and Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Elizabeth I of England.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roland Emmerich](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-emmerich)
- **Producer:** [Roland Emmerich](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-emmerich), [Larry J. Franco](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-j-franco), [John Orloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-orloff), [Christoph Fisser](https://cinepixo.com/people/christoph-fisser), [Marc Weigert](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-weigert), [Robert Léger](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-leger)
- **Screenplay:** [John Orloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-orloff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Harald Kloser](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-kloser), [Thomas Wander](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-wander)
- **Director of Photography:** [Anna Foerster](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-foerster)
- **Editor:** [Peter R. Adam](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-r-adam)

## Cast

- [Julian Bleach](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-bleach)
- [Paolo De Vita](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-de-vita) as Francesco
- [Helen Baxendale](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-baxendale) as Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford
- [Claudius von Stolzmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudius-von-stolzmann)
- [Jonas Hämmerle](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonas-hammerle)
- [Patrick Diemling](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-diemling)
- [Robert Emms](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-emms) as Thomas Dekker
- [Sam Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-reid) as Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
- [Trystan Pütter](https://cinepixo.com/people/trystan-putter)
- [Rainer Guldener](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-guldener)
- [André Kaczmarczyk](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-kaczmarczyk)
- [Derek Jacobi](https://cinepixo.com/people/derek-jacobi) as Narrator
- [Rhys Ifans](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhys-ifans) as Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
- [Katrin Pollitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/katrin-pollitt)
- [Antonia Gerke](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonia-gerke)

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Official site: http://www.anonymous-movie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/anonymous-2011
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