Henry VIII

February. 25,1979      
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As cardinal Wolsey, the powerful Lord Chancellor of England, attempts to bend Rome to the King's wishes, the court reverbates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery.

John Stride as  Henry VIII
Julian Glover as  Duke of Buckingham
Jeremy Kemp as  Duke of Norfolk
David Rintoul as  Lord Abergavenny
Timothy West as  Cardinal Wolsey
Alan Leith as  Sergeant-at-Arms
Claire Bloom as  Katharine of Aragon
John Bailey as  Griffith / Gentleman Usher
David Troughton as  A Surveyor
John Nettleton as  Lord Chamberlain

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Reviews

VividSimon
1979/02/25

Simply Perfect

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Baseshment
1979/02/26

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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StyleSk8r
1979/02/27

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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Fleur
1979/02/28

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

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