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
Alan Leith
as Sergeant-at-Arms
Jeremy Kemp
as Duke of Norfolk
David Rintoul
as Lord Abergavenny
John Nettleton
as Lord Chamberlain
John Cater
as 1st Gentleman
Michael Gaunt
as A Crier
Roger Lloyd Pack
as 2nd Gentleman
Emma Kirkby
as Singer
Timothy West
as Cardinal Wolsey
Julian Glover
as Duke of Buckingham
John Bailey
as Griffith / Gentleman Usher
Jack May
as Lord Chancellor
John Rogan
as Dr. Butts
David Troughton
as A Surveyor
Barbara Kellerman
as Anne Bullen
Charles Lloyd Pack
as Lord Sandys
Michael Poole
as Cardinal Campeius
John Stride
as Henry VIII
Claire Bloom
as Katharine of Aragon
Peter Vaughan
as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
Ronald Pickup
as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Oliver Cotton
as Earl of Surrey
John Rhys-Davies
as Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
