Nothing Is Truer than Truth (2018): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2018, Nothing Is Truer than Truth is a history and documentary film directed by Cheryl Eagan-Donovan, running about 75 minutes.

What it’s about. NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental circuit, who spent a year and a half in Venice and traveling in Europe, learning about commedia dell'arte and collecting the experiences that would become the Shakespeare plays. Shot in Venice, Verona, Mantua, Padua, and Brenta, the film ventures to actual sites De Vere visited in 1575-76, including the settings for THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, OTHELLO, ROMEO & JULIET, and TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. The film features renowned Shakespeare scholars, actors, and directors, including Sir Derek Jacobi, Mark Rylance, Tina Packer, and Diane Paulus, and argues that De Vere's bisexuality is the reason for the pseudonym Shake-speare.

Who’s in it. Nothing Is Truer than Truth stars Derek Jacobi, Gregory Paul Martin as (voice), Tina Packer as Herself and Diane Paulus as Herself, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Nothing Is Truer than Truth has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Nothing Is Truer than Truth page.

If you liked it. Fans of Nothing Is Truer than Truth tend to enjoy Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Hacksaw Ridge and Green Book.