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'''Mary, Queen of Scots''' is a 1971 film based on the life of Queen Mary I of Scotland. Like the play on the same subject by Friedrich Schiller and the opera on the same subject by Gaetano Donizetti, it takes considerable liberties with history in order to achieve increased dramatic effect.
It stars Vanessa Redgrave as Mary; Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I of England; Patrick McGoohan as Mary's brother James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray; Timothy Dalton as Mary's second husband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Nigel Davenport as Mary's third husband, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell; Trevor Howard as Elizabeth's advisor Sir William Cecil; Daniel Massey as Elizabeth's lover, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; Ian Holm as Mary's advisor, David Rizzio; Robert James as Scottish religious reformer John Knox; Richard Denning as Mary's first husband, King Francis of France; Katherine Kath as Mary's first mother-in-law, Catherine de' Medici, Vernon Dobtscheff as Mary's uncle, the Duke of Guise; Raf De La Torre as her other uncle, the Cardinal of Lorraine; Richard Warner as Elizabeth's spymaster Francis Walsingham; Bruce Purchase as the Earl of Morton; and Brian Coburn as the Earl of Huntly.
The movie was written by John Hale and directed by Charles Jarrott.
It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Vanessa Redgrave), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Music, Original Dramatic Score and Best Sound.