Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Henry VIII and His Six Wives is a 1972 film version of the famous BBC television series The Six Wives of Henry VIII, it was written by Ian Thorne and directed by Waris Hussein.

Description

King Henry VIII of England is on his death bed and reflects on his long reign and especially the crucial part his six marriages played in it.

Australian actor Keith Michell reprised his role of King Henry from the BBC television series The Six Wives of Henry VIII. His six wives were played by the following actresses; Frances Cuka as the loyal and devout Catherine of Aragon, Charlotte Rampling as the seductive and clever Anne Boleyn, Jane Asher as the meek and mild Jane Seymour, Jenny Bos as the unattractive Anne of Cleves, Lynne Frederick as the adulteress teenager Catherine Howard and Barbara Leigh-Hunt as the respectable widow Catherine Parr

Donald Pleasence played Thomas Cromwell, Bernard Hepton is Thomas Cranmer (which he also played in the television series), and John Bryans is Cardinal Wolsey.

The music, closely based on actual 16th century pieces, was written, arranged, and performed by the woodwind virtuoso and early music historian David Munrow.

The film is also the only one to portray the inaccurate legend of Anne Boleyn's deformed finger.

See also

• Cultural depictions of Henry VIII of England
• Anne Boleyn in popular culture

External links

• Henry VIII and his Six Wives at Internet Movie Database