Henry VIII (1979)
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.
- Date of release
- 1979-02-25
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 2h 46m
- Genres
- History, Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Kevin Billington
Casting
- Tony Church — Prologue
- John Stride — Henry VIII
- Julian Glover — Duke of Buckingham
- Jeremy Kemp — Duke of Norfolk
- David Rintoul — Lord Abergavenny
- Timothy West — Cardinal Wolsey
- John Rowe — Cromwell
- Lewis Flander — Duke of Suffolk
- Alan Leith — Sergeant-at-Arms
- Claire Bloom — Katharine of Aragon
- John Bailey — Griffith / Gentleman Usher
- David Troughton — A Surveyor
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