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Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second betrothed, executed on charges of treason, Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that wedded bliss also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the tyrannical king chooses German-born Anne of Cleves, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and so Henry's reign of spousal terror continues.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
97 audience votes
Key crew
- Alexander KordaDirector
- Kurt SchröderOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Charles LaughtonHenry VIII
- Robert DonatThomas Culpeper
- Franklin DyallThomas Cromwell
- Miles ManderWriothesley
- Laurence HanrayArchbishop Cranmer
- William AustinDuke of Cleves
- John LoderPeynell
- Claud AllisterCornell
- Gibb McLaughlinThe French Executioner
- Sam LiveseyThe English Executioner
- Merle OberonAnne Boleyn
- Wendy BarrieJane Seymour
