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Based on the BBC television miniseries “The Six wives of Henry VIII” this feature film version combines what was a very successful television series into an equally entertaining and well-received film. It has a quality of richness and power and yet at the same time offers a human, almost vulnerable, side to Henry as he desperately searches for a wife who can produce a son and heir to the throne of England. His life is continually surrounded by plots and conspiracies from those who have ulterior motives as to who Henry should marry. Donald Pleasence puts in an excellent performance as Thomas Cromwell and Keith Michell is truly magnificent as Henry VIII as he physically changes from a proud young man to a quite obese and gout-ridden lonely old man. The six wives are played equally as well by Frances Cuka (Catharine of Aragon), Charlotte Rampling (Anne Boleyn), Jane Asher (Jane Seymour), Jenny Bos (Anne of Cleves), Lynne Frederick (Catharine Howard) and Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Catharine Parr).
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
316428
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
History → Anne Boleyn, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536
History → Anne of Cleves, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, King of England
History → Catharine Howard, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, d. 1542
History → Catharine Parr, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, 1512-1548
History → Catharine of Aragon, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, 1485-1536
History → Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
History → Jane Seymour, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1509-1537
History → Monarchy - Great Britain
Music & Performing Arts → English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
People → Anne Boleyn, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536
People → Anne of Cleves, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, King of England
People → Catharine Howard, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, d. 1542
People → Catharine Parr, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, 1512-1548
People → Catharine of Aragon, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, 1485-1536
People → Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
People → Jane Seymour, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1509-1537
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)