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.
- 6.5
- 1979
- Released
- 2h 46m
Tony Church
Prologue
John Stride
Henry VIII
Julian Glover
Duke of Buckingham
Jeremy Kemp
Duke of Norfolk
David Rintoul
Lord Abergavenny
Timothy West
Cardinal WolseyJohn Rowe
CromwellLewis Flander
Duke of Suffolk
Alan Leith
Sergeant-at-Arms
Claire Bloom
Katharine of Aragon
John Bailey
Griffith / Gentleman Usher
David Troughton
A Surveyor
John Nettleton
Lord Chamberlain
Charles Lloyd Pack
Lord SandysNigel Lambert
Sir Thomas Lovell
Barbara Kellerman
Anne BullenAdam Bareham
Sir Henry GuildfordJeffrey Daunton
A Servant
John Cater
1st Gentleman
Roger Lloyd Pack
2nd GentlemanJack McKenzie
Sir Nicholas Vaux
Michael Poole
Cardinal Campeius
Peter Vaughan
Gardiner, Bishop of WinchesterSylvia Coleridge
Old Lady, Anne Bullen's Friend
Michael Gaunt
A Crier
Ronald Pickup
Cranmer, Archbishop of CanterburyDavid Dodimead
Bishop of Lincoln
Emma Kirkby
SingerSally Home
Patience
Oliver Cotton
Earl of SurreyMichael Walker
A Messenger
John Rhys-Davies
Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles VTimothy Barker
Page to GardinerBrian Osborne
Door-Keeper of the Council Chamber
Jack May
Lord Chancellor
John Rogan
Dr. ButtsReleased
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