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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) | User Rating
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Running Time
1 hour, 46 minutes
Country USA
Studio Warner Brothers
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Other Titles
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
• Elizabeth and Essex
• Elizabeth the Queen
• Günstling einer Königin (1951)
• The Knight and the Lady (1939)
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Genre: Drama, Love, Biography, Period Piece, Suspense, Infidelity, Betrayal
Plot: Michael Curtiz's expansive period drama sets the tumultuous on-again, off-again affair between Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) and the second earl of Essex (Errol Flynn) against Essex's powerful ambition to assume the throne of England. Having won several important battles, Essex's popularity among the masses is soaring. Fearing the earl's power over the people, Elizabeth sends him on a disastrous campaign to Ireland. Returning defeated with his troops behind him, Essex marches into London and demands the heirless queen share her throne with him. Though agreeable at first, the crafty Elizabeth begins to plot a way to get rid of her cunning suitor for good. The film was originally slated to be released as ELIZABETH THE QUEEN, the title of the play by Maxwell Anderson on which the film is based. THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX, a richly endowed blend of romance, adventure, and political intrigue, was nominated for five Academy Awards.
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| Directed by |
Michael Curtiz
Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, White Christmas |
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| Cast |
Bette Davis
All About Eve, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Death on the Nile |
 | Errol Flynn
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk |
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 | Donald Crisp
The Birth of a Nation, How Green Was My Valley, Mutiny on the Bounty | Alan Hale
It Happened One Night, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk | | |
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