Henry VIII and His Six Wives

• Director: Waris Hussein
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Marriage Drama, Biopic
• Themes: Crowned Heads
• Main Cast: David Baillie, Peter Clay, Sarah Long, Mark York, Keith Michell, Donald Pleasence, Charlotte Rampling, Jane Asher, Frances Cuka
• Release Year: 1972
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 125 minutes

Plot

Henry VIII and His Six Wives is a feature film based upon the 1971 BBC miniseries The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Keith Michell weathers several makeup changes as the much-married titular monarch. While the miniseries was able to explore the political and personal reasons for the selection (and sometimes rejection) of the wives, the shortened version concentrates chiefly on such highlights as the birth of Queen Elizabeth and the execution of Anne Boleyn. The film is constructed in flashback form, with an aged Henry recalling his marital record. Side note: Donald Pleasence appears as Thomas Cromwell in Henry VIII and His Six Wives; Pleasence's daughter Angela had played Katherine Howard, Bride No. 5, in the original Six Wives of Henry VIII. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Keith Michell - Henry VIII
• Donald Pleasence - Thomas Cromwell
• Charlotte Rampling - Anne Boleyn
• Jane Asher - Jane Seymour
• Frances Cuka - Katherine of Aragon

Lynne Frederick - Catherine Howard; Nicholas Amer - Chapuys; John Bennett - Wriothesley; Brian Blessed - Suffolk; Jenny Bos - Anne Of Cleves; John Bryans - Wolsey; Michael Byrne - Edward Seymour; Basil Clarke - Abbot; Michael Godfrey - Sir Ralph Ellerker; Michael Goodliffe - Thomas More; Michael Gough - Norfolk; Bernard Hepton - Crammer; Barbara Leigh-Hunt - Catherine Parr; Peter Madden - Fisher; Clive Merrison - Weston; Garfield Morgan - Cardiner; Colin Rix - Bowes; Robin Sachs - Thomas Culpepper; Damien Thomas - Smeaton; Rick Warner - Warham; Imogen Claire - Maria de Salinas; Simon Henderson - Prince Edward; Alan Rowe - French Ambassador; David Baillie - Norris; Peter Clay - Thomas Seymour; Sarah Long - Mary; Mark York - Brereton

Credit

Terry Gilbert - Choreography, John Bloomfield - Costume Designer, Derek Cracknell - First Assistant Director, Waris Hussein - Director, John Bloom - Editor, David Munrow - Composer (Music Score), Roy Stannard - Production Designer, Peter Suschitzky - Cinematographer, Mark Shivas - Producer, Roy Baird - Producer, Ian Thorne - Screenwriter

Similar Movies

Anne of the Thousand Days; The Private Life of Henry VIII; Henry VIII; Mary, Queen of Scots; Henry VIII; The Lion in Winter; The Last King