"Sex, drugs and punk rock. Add violence and time travel and you have Jubilee."

1978

1h 46m

6.0(82 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Music

Overview

Queen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Jenny Runacre

Queen Elizabeth I / Bod

Nell Campbell

Crabs (as Little Nell)

Toyah Willcox

Mad

Pamela Rooke

Amyl Nitrite

Ian Charleson

Angel

Karl Johnson

Sphinx

Linda Spurrier

Viv

Jack Birkett

Borgia Ginz (as Orlando)

Hermine Demoriane

Chaos

Neil Kennedy

Max

Creative team

Directed by: Derek Jarman
Written by: Derek Jarman
Produced by: Howard Malin
James Whaley

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