Director: Waris Hussein
Producer: Roy Baird, Mark Shivas
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.
125 min
Rating: 5.806/10
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Keith Michell
Henry VIII
Donald Pleasence
Thomas Cromwell
Charlotte Rampling
Anne Boleyn
Jane Asher
Jane Seymour
Brian Blessed
Suffolk
Michael Gough
Norfolk
Movie Info
Director: Waris Hussein
Producer: Roy Baird, Mark Shivas
Production Companies: Anglo-EMI, BBC
Countries: United Kingdom
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CinemaSerf:
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....