Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)

Genres - Drama, Historical Film  |   Sub-Genres - Biopic [feature], Marriage Drama  |   Run Time - 125 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Henry VIII and His Six Wives is a feature film based upon the 1971 BBC miniseries The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Keith Michell weathers several makeup changes as the much-married titular monarch. While the miniseries was able to explore the political and personal reasons for the selection (and sometimes rejection) of the wives, the shortened version concentrates chiefly on such highlights as the birth of Queen Elizabeth and the execution of Anne Boleyn. The film is constructed in flashback form, with an aged Henry recalling his marital record. Side note: Donald Pleasence appears as Thomas Cromwell in Henry VIII and His Six Wives; Pleasence's daughter Angela had played Katherine Howard, Bride No. 5, in the original Six Wives of Henry VIII.

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aristocracy, childbirth, costume, death, deathbed, English [nationality], execution, flashback, history, king, monarch, reign, rejection, relationship, remarriage, romance, wife