Unfamiliar with military strategy and browbeaten by Norfolk at the war council, Elizabeth orders a military response, which proves disastrous when the professional French soldiers defeat the inexperienced, ill-trained English forces. Mary of Guise ( Fanny Ardant) lands an additional 4,000 French troops in neighbouring Scotland. Cecil appoints Francis Walsingham ( Geoffrey Rush), a Protestant exile returned from France, to act as Elizabeth's bodyguard and adviser. Unimpressed with her suitors, Elizabeth delays her decision and continues her secret affair with Lord Robert Dudley ( Joseph Fiennes). Cecil advises Elizabeth to marry, produce an heir, and secure her rule. Mary's heir and Protestant half-sister, Elizabeth ( Cate Blanchett), under house arrest for conspiracy charges, is freed and crowned the Queen of England.Īs briefed by her adviser William Cecil ( Richard Attenborough), Elizabeth inherits a distressed England besieged by debts, crumbling infrastructure, hostile neighbours, and treasonous nobles within her administration, chief among them the Duke of Norfolk ( Christopher Eccleston).
In 1558, Catholic Queen Mary ( Kathy Burke) dies from a cancerous tumour in her womb. In 2007, Blanchett and Rush reprised their roles in Kapur's follow-up film Elizabeth: The Golden Age, which covers the later part of Elizabeth's reign. At the 71st Academy Awards, it received seven nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Actress (for Blanchett), winning Best Makeup. It received twelve nominations at the 52nd British Academy Film Awards, winning five awards, including Outstanding British Film, and Best Actress (for Blanchett). The film received three nominations at the 56th Golden Globe Awards, including for the Best Motion Picture – Drama, with Blanchett winning Best Actress. Reviewers praised Kapur's direction, costume design, production values and most notably Blanchett's titular performance, bringing her to international recognition, while the film grossed $82 million against its $30 million budget.
The film became a critical and commercial success. As she establishes herself on the throne, she faces plots and threats to take her down.Įlizabeth premiered at the 55th Venice International Film Festival on 8 September 1998 and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 23 October. The film is based on the early years of Elizabeth's reign, where she is elevated to the throne after the death of her half-sister Mary I, who had imprisoned her. It stars Cate Blanchett in the title role of Elizabeth I of England, with Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, John Gielgud, and Richard Attenborough in supporting roles. Elizabeth is a 1998 British biographical period drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur and written by Michael Hirst.
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