Henry VIII and His Six Wives ( Henry 8th and His 6 Wives )

Henry VIII and His Six Wives (DVD) (*)

$23.99

Alternate Title: Henry 8th and His 6 Wives
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1972 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Waris Hussein

Written By:
Ian Thorne

Actors:
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
Jenny Bos ..... Anne of Cleves
Barbara Leigh-Hunt ..... Catherine Parr
Michael Gough ..... Norfolk
Brian Blessed ..... Suffolk
Michael Goodliffe ..... Thomas More
Bernard Hepton ..... Cranmer
Garfield Morgan ..... Cardiner
John Bryans ..... Wolsey
John Bennett ..... Wriothesley

Synopsis:

On his deathbed in 1547, King Henry VIII of England (Keith Michell) looks back over his eventful private life, which included six very different wives. From the early disappointments of his marriage to the loyal and devout Katherine of Aragon (Frances Cuka), Henry moved to his controversial union with the seductive and clever Lady Anne Boleyn (Charlotte Rampling), but turned against her in the most brutal fashion. After her death, he married the meek and mild Jane Seymour (Jane Asher), but their marriage did not last long and it was followed by a disastrous arranged match with an unattractive German princess (Jenny Bos.) Henry then re-married the beautiful and sweet-natured Lady Catherine Howard (Lynne Frederick) - a girl young enough to be his granddaughter. Eventually, he becomes convinced of her adultery and has her executed, only to find comfort in his old age in marriage to a respectable widow (Barbara Leigh-Hunt.)

On his deathbed Tudor-king Henry VIII remembers his long reign and especially the crucial part his six marriages played in it, without producing the male heir he desired most to prevent civil wars for the succession as England suffered before his father's ascent. His first queen, Spanish princess Kathryn of Aragon, had one fatal flaw: her children died, except daughter Mary, so he pressed Rome for an annulment, and when that failed out went cardinal Wolsey as chief minister and Henry made himself head of the Church of England instead of the papacy and married Anne Boleyn. When she too failed to produce a male heir, just princess Elisabeth, he had her head roll for 'infidelity'. The third queen, gentle Jane Seymour, died giving birth to sickly prince Edward. For diplomatic reasons Henry married minor princes Anne of Cleves, whose utter lack of female charms causes another annulment and the fall of Thomas Cromwell, who recommended her. Fifth is the lovely Catherine Howard, cousin of Anne Boleyn, but again childless and found to have been carnal with servants before and after her royal marriage, so also decapitated. Finally Catherine Parr, a young widow, stands at his deathbed.

On his deathbed, King Henry VIII looks back over his eventful life and his six marriages.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 January, 2010.

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