About the film
Henry VIII
Release Date: February 25, 1979
| Year | : | 1979 |
| Slogan | : | «» |
| Genres | : | History, Drama, TV Movie |
| Production Companies | : | BBC, Time-Life Television Productions |
| Director | : | Kevin Billington |
| Producers | : | |
| Writers | : | William Shakespeare |
| RunTime | : | 166 mins. |
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.
Main Actors
Tony Church
Character : Prologue
John Stride
Character : Henry VIII
Julian Glover
Character : Duke of Buckingham
Jeremy Kemp
Character : Duke of Norfolk
David Rintoul
Character : Lord Abergavenny
Timothy West
Character : Cardinal Wolsey
John Rowe
Character : Cromwell
Lewis Flander
Character : Duke of Suffolk
Alan Leith
Character : Sergeant-at-Arms
Claire Bloom
Character : Katharine of Aragon
John Bailey
Character : Griffith / Gentleman Usher
David Troughton
Character : A Surveyor
John Nettleton
Character : Lord Chamberlain
Charles Lloyd Pack
Character : Lord Sandys
Nigel Lambert
Character : Sir Thomas Lovell
Barbara Kellerman
Character : Anne Bullen
Adam Bareham
Character : Sir Henry Guildford
Jeffrey Daunton
Character : A Servant
John Cater
Character : 1st Gentleman
Roger Lloyd Pack
Character : 2nd Gentleman
Jack McKenzie
Character : Sir Nicholas Vaux
Michael Poole
Character : Cardinal Campeius
Peter Vaughan
Character : Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
Sylvia Coleridge
Character : Old Lady, Anne Bullen's Friend
Michael Gaunt
Character : A Crier
Ronald Pickup
Character : Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
David Dodimead
Character : Bishop of Lincoln
Emma Kirkby
Character : Singer
Sally Home
Character : Patience
Oliver Cotton
Character : Earl of Surrey
Michael Walker
Character : A Messenger
John Rhys-Davies
Character : Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
Timothy Barker
Character : Page to Gardiner
Brian Osborne
Character : Door-Keeper of the Council Chamber
John Rogan
Character : Dr. Butts
Jack May
Character : Lord Chancellor
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