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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
UNITED STATES · 1939

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Michael Curtiz
royal romance political ambition power dynamics forbidden love court intrigue
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Synopsis

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

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