“Elizabeth” quotes
(1998)
Shekhar Kapur
directed this movie
in 1998
Title Elizabeth
Year 1998
Director Shekhar Kapur
Genre Drama, History, Biography
Year 1998
Director Shekhar Kapur
Genre Drama, History, Biography
Plot – England, 1554. The country is plagued by financial instabilities and the Catholic Queen Mary I, feeling close to death, intensifies the fight against Protestantism. Even Princess Elizabeth, her younger sister and the legitimate heir to the throne, is considered unorthodox and persecuted, but the attempt to condemn her to death fails. When Mary dies, she's crowned Queen and she immediately makes Robert Dudley, the man she loves from childhood, return from exile. Meanwhile, England goes bankrupt and is seriously threatened by the foreign interference. Many enemies lurk within the court. The most powerful is the Duke of Norfolk. Cecil, head of the secretariat, recommends Elizabeth to make a marriage of convenience but the Queen refuses. The situation worsens because of the presence of French troops on the Scottish border. Moreover, the Vatican mistrusts the new queen's religion. Conspiracies multiply. When the responsibles are found, Elizabeth accepts Walsingham's advice to start a merciless counterattack. All the enemies of the country are eliminated. Now Elizabeth is the absolute master of England and decides to devote herself entirely to her country, renouncing marriage for ever.
All actors – Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, Fanny Ardant, Eric Cantona, Vincent Cassel, Kathy Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Emily Mortimer, John Gielgud, Liz Giles, Rod Culbertson, Paul Fox, Terence Rigby, Peter Stockbridge, Amanda Ryan, Valerie Gale, George Antoni, James Frain, Jamie Foreman, Kelly Macdonald, Wayne Sleep, Sally Grey, Kate Loustau, Elika Gibbs, Sarah Owen, Lily Allen, Joe White, Matt Andrews, Liam Foley, Lewis Jones, Michael Beint, Angus Deayton, Kenny Doughty, Hayley Burroughs, Joseph O'Conor, Brendan O'Hea, Edward Highmore, Daniel Moynihan, Jeremy Hawk, Donald Pelmear, James Rowe, Tim Bevan, Charles Cartmell, Edward Purver, Daniel Craig, Vladimir Vega, Alfie Allen, Daisy Bevan, Jennifer Lewicki, Viviane Horne, Nick Smallman, Martin L. Evans, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Ben Mars, Daniel O'Meara, Jocelyn Quivrin, Matthew Rhys, Christian Simpson
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“I am married... to England.”
“- Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: You will be Elizabeth, Queen of England. A court to worship you, a country to obey you, poems written celebrating your beauty, music composed in your honor, and they will mean nothing to you. I will mean nothing to you.
- Elizabeth I: How could you ever be nothing to me? You know you are everything to me.”“- First Bishop: Madam, by this act, you force us to relinquish our allegiance to the Holy Father.
- Elizabeth I: How can I force you, Your Grace? I am a woman.”“- Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: You blush, Lady Knollys. Are you in love?
- Isabel Knollys: No, my lord.
- Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Then you should be, or waste all that beauty.”“What will a man not do for love?”
“War is a sin, but sometimes, a necessary one.”
“Remember who you are. Do not be afraid of them.”
“- Elizabeth I: She had such power over men's hearts. They died for her.
- Sir Francis Walsingham: They have found nothing to replace her.”“You were the most powerful man in England. And you could have been greater still, but you had not the courage to be loyal, only the conviction of your own vanity.”
“What is God to you? Has He abandoned you? Is He such a worldly God that He must play at politics in the filth of conspiracy? Is He not divine? Tell me the truth, as if you were face to face with Him now.”
“She is a woman. They say one thing but mean another. No one can unlock their secrets.”
“- Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: For God's sake, you are still my Elizabeth.
- Elizabeth I: I am not your Elizabeth. I am no man's Elizabeth. And if you think to rule, you are mistaken.”“There are but two choices: he would get into bed with either Spain or France.”
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