Henry VIII (1979)

6.6/10 166 min History Drama TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

John Stride

Henry VIII

Julian Glover

Duke of Buckingham

Jeremy Kemp

Duke of Norfolk

David Rintoul

Lord Abergavenny

Timothy West

Cardinal Wolsey

Alan Leith

Sergeant-at-Arms

Claire Bloom

Katharine of Aragon

John Bailey

Griffith / Gentleman Usher

David Troughton

A Surveyor

John Nettleton

Lord Chamberlain

Charles Lloyd Pack

Lord Sandys

Barbara Kellerman

Anne Bullen

John Cater

1st Gentleman

Roger Lloyd Pack

2nd Gentleman

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