The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

1939 · 106 min · EN · NR · 6.3 (103 votes)
Dir. Michael Curtiz · Starring Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, Vincent Price · Music Erich Wolfgang Korngold

“Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.”

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This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

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A sweeping, grand spectacle of royal intrigue and forbidden passion. Experience the weight of the crown and the ache of a love that could never truly be, set against a lavish historical backdrop.

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