Summary
It's the greatest mystery of all time; who wrote the works of Shakespeare? DEREK JACOBI leads an impressive cast on a quest to uncover the truth behind the world's most elusive author and discovers a forgotten nobleman whose story could rewrite history.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 84GoodWatch 73
Audience score86%
IMDb8.1
Running time
1 h 25 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −11 min on the typical 96
typical 9685Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
2012
October 23, 2012
14 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryHistoryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
Directing · 2
- Laura Wilson Director, Producer
- Lisa Wilson Director, Producer
Production · 3
- Roland Emmerich Executive Producer
- Aaron Boyd Producer
- Patrick Prentice Producer
Camera · 1
- Ben Huddleston Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Merritt Lear Editor
Sound · 1
- Graeme Revell Original Music Composer
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