Elizabeth - The Golden Kingdom
Elizabeth - The Golden Age (Original title: Elizabeth: The Golden Age ) is a British - French drama from 2007 and sequel to the film Elizabeth from 1998. Shekhar Kapur directed , the screenplay was written by Michael Hirst and William Nicholson . As in 1999, Cate Blanchett was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar for re-portraying the title character . The film won an Oscar in the Best Costume Design category.
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In 1585 the English Queen Elizabeth I - single and without descendants - ruled her country for the 26th year. As a Protestant monarch, Spain, the Roman Catholic Church and - in her own country - the Scottish Catholic opposition in the person of her cousin Maria Stuart oppose her and her faith . After her closest adviser Walsingham succeeds in uncovering a conspiracy , a scandal ensues. Elizabeth was to be murdered in order to put Mary on the throne of England. Elisabeth has those responsible executed - Maria Stuart among them. The Spanish King Philip II sees this as an affront to himself and the Catholic Church - as whose secular protector he sees himself and his country. He is pushing his war preparations all over Europe and is setting up the Spanish Armada to fight England and the Anglican she hated.
At the court in London, Elisabeth sees herself exposed to the daily courtship for her favor and receives new candidates for a marriage from her advisors time and again. Only the daring pirate Walter Raleigh succeeds in winning the Queen's interest. The court watches this with suspicion. Elisabeth still falls in love with Raleigh, but does not want to give in to her feelings for reasons of state. So she encourages her most trusted lady-in-waiting, Lady Elizabeth , known as "Bess", to befriend Raleigh so that he stays at court more often. When Bess is expecting a child from Raleigh soon afterwards and marries him without the Queen's knowledge, Elisabeth feels betrayed, banishes her from the court and has Raleigh imprisoned.
When the Spanish Armada marched out of Lisbon in 1588 and inexorably approached the English coast, Elisabeth took desperate measures to prepare her country for battle. She releases all prisoners, including Raleigh, to freedom. This joins the English fleet in the English Channel with his men . The English, who quickly got on the defensive due to the Spanish superiority, resorted to the ruse of the incendiary ships in stormy seas . This leads to success against the Armada anchored in the port of Calais . The British succeed in sinking or damaging a large part of the Spanish ships. Elisabeth emerges victorious and strengthened from the fight against Philip. She says goodbye to the dying Walsingham, her longtime advisor and closest confidante, makes her peace with Raleigh and Bess and blesses their newborn son, knowing that she herself will only be the "Mother of England".
background
The film was shot at Shepperton Studios , Winchester and other locations in England . The world premiere took place on September 9, 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival . The widespread release in the US started on October 12, 2007 and November 2, 2007 in the UK. The film was released in German cinemas on December 20, 2007. The film grossed around $ 16.4 million in US cinemas ; worldwide box office income was approximately $ 75.8 million. The film was first seen on German free TV on April 2, 2010 on ZDF .
Reviews
Todd McCarthy wrote in Variety that the film was "less golden" than its predecessor. He is "melodramatic" and focuses on the human weaknesses of the Queen; the film music is "bombastic". The script includes “standard-issue” political intrigues, black and white characters and a simplified view of the story. The Queen embodied by Blanchett appears to be "made of flesh and blood". Washington Post's Desson Thomson said the sequel to Elizabeth was a "bloated costume opera" in which characters were just puppets. Blanchett played the queen "energetically" but without a message. Her performance was different I of the complex representation of Queen Elizabeth, Helen Mirren in the television production Elizabeth I have commanded.
"A historical drama, carried by excellent actors and an opulent visual implementation, about games on the world stage of power and the price they demand from the actors," was the verdict of the lexicon of international film . The film magazine Cinema attested to Cate Blanchett an "unearthly aura", but criticized that the film dealt with historical events too quickly to devote itself to Elisabeth's mental state and "to indulge in golden backlighting and religious symbolism". The result is "[e] in noble picture sheets, which never reach the class and intensity of the original". A further continuation is not advisable. The final conclusion was: "[O] pulent history soap that almost suffocates in pomp and pathos."
Awards (selection)
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- Best Costume Design ( Alexandra Byrne )
- Nominated for Best Actress (Cate Blanchett)
- Nominated for Best Actress - Drama (Cate Blanchett)
- Nominated for Best Actress (Cate Blanchett)
- Nominated in the category Best Costumes (Alexandra Byrne)
- Nominated in the Best Production Design category ( Guy Hendrix Dyas , Richard Roberts)
- Nominated in the category Best Mask ( Jenny Shircore )
- Best Actress (Cate Blanchett)
- Nominated for Best Actress (Cate Blanchett)
- Nominated in the category Best European Film
- Best Actress (Cate Blanchett)
- Irish Film and Television Award
- Nominated for the audience award in the category Best International Actress (Cate Blanchett)
- Nominated in the category Best European Film
- Sant Jordi Award
- Best Foreign Actress (Cate Blanchett)
- Best Production Design (Guy Hendrix Dyas, David Allday)
- Best Costume Design (Alexandra Byrne)
- Nominated for Best Actress (Cate Blanchett)
German version
The German dubbed version was made at Interopa Film in Berlin . The dialogue book was written by Axel Malzacher , who also directed the dialogue.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth I. | Cate Blanchett | Arianne Borbach |
| Sir Francis Walsingham | Geoffrey Rush | Ernst Meincke |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | Clive Owen | Tom Vogt |
| Robert Reston | Rhys Ifans | Martin Umbach |
| Elizabeth Throckmorton | Abbie Cornish | Marie Bierstedt |
| Maria Stuart | Samantha Morton | Sabine Mazay |
| Sir Amyas Paulet | Tom Hollander | Axel Malzacher |
| William Walsingham | Adam Godley | Oliver Siebeck |
| Dr. John Dee | David Threlfall | Otto Mellies |
| Anthony Babington | Eddie Redmayne | Sebastian Schulz |
| Lord Charles Howard | John Shrapnel | Roland Hemmo |
| Sir Christopher Hatton | Laurence Fox | Patrick Winczewski |
| Calley | Adrian Scarborough | Bert Franzke |
| Francis Throckmorton | Steven Robertson | Sven Hasper |
| Don Guerau De Spes | William Houston | Bernd Rumpf |
| Archduke Charles II | Christian Brassington | Stefan Puntigam |
| Sir Francis Drake | Malcolm Storry | Engelbert von Nordhausen |
Web links
- Elizabeth - The Golden Age in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Elizabeth - The Golden Age at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Elizabeth - The Golden Kingdom at Metacritic (English)
- Filming locations of the film on movie-locations.com (English)
Individual evidence
- Jump up ↑ Certificate of Release to Elizabeth - The Golden Kingdom . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2007 (PDF; test number: 111 433 K).
- ↑ Age designation for Elizabeth - The Golden Kingdom . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ See locations on imdb.com, accessed on March 31, 2020.
- ↑ See premiere dates on imdb.com, accessed on March 31, 2020.
- ↑ See boxofficemojo.com gross profit , accessed on March 31, 2020.
- ↑ a b Elizabeth - The golden kingdom. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 19, 2020 .
- ^ Todd McCarthy: Elizabeth: The Golden Age . In: Variety , September 10, 2007.
- ↑ Desson Thomson: Full-Court Dress ( Memento from December 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: The Washington Post , October 12, 2007.
- ^ Catholic Film Commission for Germany (eds.), Horst Peter Koll and Hans Messias (ed.): Lexicon of International Films - Film Year 2007 . Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2008. ISBN 978-3-89472-624-9 .
- ↑ See cinema.de , accessed on March 31, 2020.
- ↑ Elizabeth - The Golden Kingdom. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 31, 2020 .