The Six Wives of Henry VIII (film)

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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Directed by	Waris Hussein
Produced by	Roy Baird
Written by	Ian Thorne
Starring	Keith Michell
Music by	David Munrow, and the Early Music Consort of London
Release date(s)	1973
Running time	125 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII was a 1973 film adaptation of the tv series of the same name. The same actor (Keith Michell) played Henry as in the tv series, but six different actresses played his wives (with Boleyn and Seymour most prominent). Locations included the courtyard of Eton College.

[edit] Cast

• Frances Cuka - Catherine of Aragon
• Charlotte Rampling - Anne Boleyn
• Jane Asher - Jane Seymour
• Jenny Bos - Anne of Cleves
• Lynne Frederick (wife of Peter Sellers) - Catherine Howard
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt - Catherine Parr
• Brian Blessed - Earl of Suffolk
• Bernard Hepton - Thomas Cranmer^[1]
• Donald Pleasence - Thomas Cromwell^[2]
• Michael Gough - Duke of Norfolk

[edit] Anachronisms

• The part of the film covering Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn features some brief stock/agency footage of a number of British castles. This includes a modern boat's superstructure appearing briefly in the lower right-hand corner of the shot featuring a castle on a headland.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The only actor besides Michell to play the same role in both the series and the film.
2. ^ Father of Angela Pleasence, who played Catherine Howard in the tv series.