Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972 | 125m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Waris Hussein |
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| Writer: | Ian Thorne |
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| Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 13, 1972 |
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| Director: | Waris Hussein |
| Writer: | Ian Thorne |
| Genres: | Drama, History |
| Keywords | london, england, adultery, beheading, tudor, period drama, historical, anne boleyn, henry viii, 16th century, murder of a woman |
| Production Companies | BBC, Anglo-EMI |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Keith Michell | Henry VIII |
| Donald Pleasence | Thomas Cromwell |
| Charlotte Rampling | Anne Boleyn |
| Jane Asher | Jane Seymour |
| Brian Blessed | Suffolk |
| Michael Gough | Norfolk |
| Barbara Leigh-Hunt | Catherine Parr |
| Jenny Bos | Anne of Cleves |
| Lynne Frederick | Catherine Howard |
| Frances Cuka | Katherine of Aragon |
| Michael Goodliffe | Thomas More |
| Bernard Hepton | Cranmer |
| Garfield Morgan | Gardiner |
| John Bryans | Wolsey |
| Peter Madden | Fisher |
| Michael Byrne | Edward Seymour |
| Michael Godfrey | Sir Ralph Ellerker |
| Robin Sachs | Thomas Culpeper |
| Nicholas Amer | Chapuys |
| Clive Merrison | Weston |
| David Bailie | Norris |
| Damien Thomas | Smeaton |
| Richard Warner | Warham |
| John Bennett | Wriothesley |
| Sarah Long | Mary |
| Peter Clay | Thomas Seymour |
| Basil Clarke | Abbot |
| Alan Rowe | French Ambassador |
| Mark York | Brereton |
| Margaret Ward | Lady Rochford |
| Colin Rix | Bowes |
| Imogen Claire | Maria de Salinas |
| Ian Calvin | (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Waris Hussein | Director |
| Peter Suschitzky | Director of Photography |
| Ian Thorne | Screenplay |
| Irene Lamb | Casting |
| John Bloom | Editor |
| Eric Allwright | Makeup Artist |
| Philip Leakey | Makeup Artist |
| Brian Simmons | Sound Recordist |
| George Dean | Painter |
| Roy Stannard | Production Design |
| John Bloomfield | Costume Design |
| Gladys Leakey | Hairdresser |
| Pam Meager | Makeup Designer |
| David Munrow | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Roy Baird | Producer |
| Mark Shivas | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Based on the BBC drama series (and exec produced by a man who went on to run their drama department for a while) this is a good effort at recounting in two hours the lives and loves of Henry VIII over almost 40 years. Donald Pleasance is noteworthy as the odiously ambitious Thomas Cromwell and Charl ... otte Rampling as the even more ambitious Anne Boleyn. Keith Michell is an old hand at playing this part by now - his 4th time of asking; and he does it stylishly. The script is of it's time, and so a bit long-winded but otherwise this has held up well. Quite a bit is filmed outdoors and/or on location and so it has less of the sterile look of the television series; I expect the costumes are the same, though....