Summary
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.
Cast
Keith Michell
Henry VIII
Donald Pleasence
Thomas Cromwell
Charlotte Rampling
Anne Boleyn
Jane Asher
Jane Seymour
Brian Blessed
Suffolk
Michael Gough
Norfolk
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Catherine Parr
Jenny Bos
Anne of Cleves
Lynne Frederick
Catherine Howard
Frances Cuka
Katherine of Aragon
Michael Goodliffe
Thomas More
Bernard Hepton
Cranmer
Garfield Morgan
Gardiner
John Bryans
Wolsey
Peter Madden
Fisher
Michael Byrne
Edward Seymour
Michael Godfrey
Sir Ralph Ellerker
Robin Sachs
Thomas Culpeper
Nicholas Amer
Chapuys
Clive Merrison
Weston
David Bailie
Norris
Damien Thomas
Smeaton
Richard Warner
Warham
John Bennett
Wriothesley
Sarah Long
Mary
Peter Clay
Thomas Seymour
Basil Clarke
Abbot
Alan Rowe
French Ambassador
Mark York
Brereton
Margaret Ward
Lady Rochford
Colin Rix
Bowes
Imogen Claire
Maria de Salinas
Ian Calvin
(uncredited)
Crew
Director
Waris Hussein
Screenplay
Ian Thorne
Reviews
Geronimo1967
May 28, 2023
7
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 Boleyn. Keith Michell is an old hand at playing this part by now - his 4th time of asking; and he does it stylishly. The script is of it's time, and so a bit long-winded but otherwise this has held up well. Quite a bit is filmed outdoors and/or on location and so it has less of the sterile look of the television series; I expect the costumes are the same, though....
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00
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