Henry VIII
Henry VIII
Release: 1979-02-25
·Runtime: 166m
·★ 6.5
History
Drama
TV Movie
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC
Time-Life Television Productions
Cast
Emma Kirkby
as Singer
John Rhys-Davies
as Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
John Nettleton
as Lord Chamberlain
John Cater
as 1st Gentleman
Ronald Pickup
as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
John Rogan
as Dr. Butts
Roger Lloyd Pack
as 2nd Gentleman
David Rintoul
as Lord Abergavenny
Alan Leith
as Sergeant-at-Arms
John Bailey
as Griffith / Gentleman Usher
Charles Lloyd Pack
as Lord Sandys
Peter Vaughan
as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
Michael Gaunt
as A Crier
Julian Glover
as Duke of Buckingham
John Stride
as Henry VIII
Claire Bloom
as Katharine of Aragon
Michael Poole
as Cardinal Campeius
David Troughton
as A Surveyor
Barbara Kellerman
as Anne Bullen
Oliver Cotton
as Earl of Surrey
Jack May
as Lord Chancellor
Jeremy Kemp
as Duke of Norfolk
Timothy West
as Cardinal Wolsey
