The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
History · Drama
Overview
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.
Cast
- 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
- Sam Livesey as The English Executioner