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