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Summary Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds ranging from Mark Twain and Charles Dickens to Henry James and Sigmund Freud, namely: who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been...

Directed By: Roland Emmerich

Written By: John Orloff

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Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 43 Critic Reviews
50
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 77 User Ratings
6.0
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Summary Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds ranging from Mark Twain and Charles Dickens to Henry James and Sigmund Freud, namely: who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been...

Directed By: Roland Emmerich

Written By: John Orloff

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 43 Critic Reviews
50
40% Positive
17 Reviews
44% Mixed
19 Reviews
16% Negative
7 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 43 Critic Reviews
50
40% Positive
17 Reviews
44% Mixed
19 Reviews
16% Negative
7 Reviews

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 77 User Ratings
6.0
51% Positive
39 Ratings
35% Mixed
27 Ratings
14% Negative
11 Ratings

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 77 User Ratings
6.0
51% Positive
39 Ratings
35% Mixed
27 Ratings
14% Negative
11 Ratings

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Production Company Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Centropolis Entertainment, Studio Babelsberg, Anonymous Pictures, Vierzehnte Babelsberg Film, Siebente Babelsberg Film, Achte Babelsberg Film
Release Date Oct 28, 2011
Duration 2 h 10 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Was Shakespeare a Fraud?
Academy Awards, USA
1 Nomination
German Film Awards
• 6 Wins & 7 Nominations
Irina Palm d'Or
3 Nominations