The Private Life of Henry VIII
History
Drama
HE GAVE HIS WIVES A PAIN IN THE NECK, And did his necking with an axe. Henry, the Eighth Wonder of the World! And this picture...the wonder of all time!
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second betrothed, executed on charges of treason, Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that wedded bliss also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the tyrannical king chooses German-born Anne of Cleves, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and so Henry's reign of spousal terror continues.
1933-08-17
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Cast
Director
Alexander Korda
Charles Laughton as Henry VIII
Robert Donat as Thomas Culpeper
Franklin Dyall as Thomas Cromwell
Miles Mander as Wriothesley
Laurence Hanray as Archbishop Cranmer
William Austin as Duke of Cleves
John Loder as Peynell
Claud Allister as Cornell
Gibb McLaughlin as The French Executioner
Merle Oberon as Anne Boleyn
Wendy Barrie as Jane Seymour
Elsa Lanchester as Anne of Cleves
Binnie Barnes as Katherine Howard
Everley Gregg as Katherine Parr
Lady Tree as The King's Nurse
Frederick Culley as Duke of Norfolk (uncredited)
Toni Edgar-Bruce as Spectator at Executions (uncredited)
Arthur Howard as Kitchen Helper (uncredited)
Judy Kelly as Lady Rochford (uncredited)
Wally Patch as Butcher in Kitchen (uncredited)
Hay Petrie as The King's Barber (uncredited)
Terry-Thomas as Man (uncredited)
John Turnbull as Hans Holbein (uncredited)