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Heritage film directed by Shekhar Kapur, released in 2007. Screenwriters are Michael Hirst and William Nicholson.

The film starts in 1585 and portrays the matured queen (Cate Blanchett) during the crisis with Mary, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton) and the war with Spain. Mary Stuart plots with Phillip of Spain against Elizabeth. Phillip and the pope want to replace Elizabeth, who is a usurper in their eyes, with Mary Stuart, the Catholic cousin next in line of succession. With her adviser Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush) Elizabeth is able to overcome the political obstacles.

In the same manner as in the first film Elizabeth is shown as a woman with sexual desires and the longing for a romance which is indicated through the adventurer and sailor Walter Raleigh (played by Clive Owen). But again she decides against love and desires and follows her fate as the devine virgin queen.

Historians are not convinced of the film. They think it is a travesty of history and grossly inaccurate.

Sources:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/nov/06/1

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/nov/04/drama.romance

Loades, David: Elizabeth I. New York: Hambledon Continuum, 2006.

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 Heritage film directed by Shekhar Kapur, released in 2007. Screenwriters are Michael Hirst and William Nicholson.
-The film starts in 1585 and portrays the matured queen (Cate Blanchett) during the crisis with [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] (Samantha Morton) and the war with Spain. Mary Stuart plots with Phillip of Spain against Elizabeth. Phillip and the pope want to replace Elizabeth, who is a usurper in their eyes, with Mary Stuart,the Catholic cousin next in line of succession. With her adviser Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush) Elizabeth is able to overcome the political obstacles.
+The film starts in 1585 and portrays the matured queen (Cate Blanchett) during the crisis with [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] (Samantha Morton) and the war with Spain. Mary Stuart plots with Phillip of Spain against Elizabeth. Phillip and the pope want to replace Elizabeth, who is a usurper in their eyes, with Mary Stuart, the Catholic cousin next in line of succession. With her adviser Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush) Elizabeth is able to overcome the political obstacles.
 In the same manner as in the [[Elizabeth (film)|first film]] Elizabeth is shown as a woman with sexual desires and the longing for a romance which is indicated through the adventurer and sailor Walter Raleigh (played by Clive Owen). But again she decides against love and desires and follows her fate as the devine virgin queen.