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Anonymous
Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds... who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare?
1962, Fulda, Hesse, Germany
9 January 1965, Marylebone, London, England, UK
26 October 1965, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
29 June 1957, Bari, Puglia, Italy
24 July 1965, Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany
1980, Southend, Essex, England, UK
1963
27 October 1966, Kiel, Germany
1962, Berlin, Germany
3 March 1968, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
1981, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
19 February 1987, Australia
11 October 1989, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
1962, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1966, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
4 October 1983, Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
August1985, London, England, UK
1 December 1969, San Rafael, California, USA
8 February 1944, Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
December 29, 2012
Bad history beautifully done.September 28, 2012
Don't let the fact that it's different - or unadulterated bullshit of the highest order - put you off a story that, in truth, is more interesting than it is wholly entertaining or accurate.September 18, 2012
It may be one of the signs of the apocalypse, but thanks to a well-written screenplay, spot-on performances, and a fantastic production design, Emmerich has finally made a great film.June 30, 2013
The director offers up an unfocused but intriguing alternate look at William Shakespeare.October 28, 2011
Knowing that non-Masterpiece Theater audiences will grow fidgety over this sort of thing, Emmerich and Orloff throw in plenty of sword-fighting, bear-baiting, and bodice-ripping.March 04, 2014
...it's ultimately clear that Emmerich should stick to the larger-than-life, blockbuster fare with which he's become associated.October 28, 2011
The digitally wrought period settings are simply gorgeous.October 30, 2011
File this one in the category of entertaining historical fiction. There are facts here, but one must possess more than a passing familiarity with history to be able to spot them.February 11, 2013
Roland Emmerich takes a questionable literary controversy and deftly forms it into an Elizabethan political drama in the Shakespeare-themed 'Anonymous'.October 29, 2011
John Orloff's screenplay could have used a rewrite by de Vere -- or whomever.October 28, 2011
This is irresistible as self-knowing camp: the players ham it up in high fashion and the script crams at least one lurid revelation into every scene.November 04, 2011
Will Shakespeare, whose words shine on, bright and brave, Is turning o'er with laughter in his grave.