England, 1554. After the death of Queen Mary Tudor, who has left the country in a state of financial instability and religious crisis, Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) ascends the throne. She is popularly known as "The Virgin Queen", although due to her participation in the division of the loot obtained after the attacks of corsair Drake to the Spanish coast, both peninsular and colonial, she is also known as "The Pirate Queen".

DIRECTOR:

Shekhar Kapur.

CAST:

Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, Fanny Ardant, Kathy Burke, Eric Cantona, James Frain, Vincent Cassel, John Gielgud, Emily Mortimer, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Daniel Craig, Kelly MacDonald, Amanda Ryan, Vladimir Vega, Alfie Allen.