Henry VIII and His Six Wives

5.819722h 5mReleased

Drama

History

Overview

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.

StatusReleased

Release Date1972-07-13

Runtime2h 5m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited Kingdom

Keywords

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Henry & His Six Wives

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Cast & Crew

Keith Michell

as Henry VIII

Donald Pleasence

as Thomas Cromwell

Charlotte Rampling

as Anne Boleyn

Jane Asher

as Jane Seymour

Brian Blessed

as Suffolk

Michael Gough

as Norfolk

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

as Catherine Parr

Jenny Bos

as Anne of Cleves

Lynne Frederick

as Catherine Howard

Frances Cuka

as Katherine of Aragon

Reviews

CinemaSerf

May 28, 2023

7/10

Based on the BBC drama series (and exec produced by a man who went on to run their drama department for a while) this is a good effort at recounting in two hours the lives and loves of Henry VIII over almost 40 years. Donald Pleasance is noteworthy as the odiously ambitious Thomas Cromwell and Charlotte Rampling as the even more ambitious Anne Bole…

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