Anne of the Thousand Days

12/18/19692h 25m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ He was King. She was barely 18. And in their thousand days they played out the most passionate and shocking love story in history! ~

Overview:

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

Director:

Charles Jarrott

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

adultery
england
based on play or musical
tudor
king
british history
anne boleyn
henry viii
illicit affair
16th century
british monarchy
audacious
ominous

Cast

Richard Burton

~ as ~

King Henry VIII

Geneviève Bujold

~ as ~

Anne Boleyn

Irene Papas

~ as ~

Queen Catherine

Anthony Quayle

~ as ~

Wolsey

John Colicos

~ as ~

Cromwell

Michael Hordern

~ as ~

Thomas Boleyn

Katharine Blake

~ as ~

Elizabeth Boleyn

Peter Jeffrey

~ as ~

Norfolk

Joseph O'Conor

~ as ~

Fisher

William Squire

~ as ~

Thomas More

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
Geneviève Bujold is on super form here as the manipulative and ambitious Anne. She captures the heart of the King (Richard Burton) and he proceeds to shake his kingdom to it's foundations in order to possess, then dispose of her. Even if you are not familiar with the story of Anne Boleyn, it is told here by way of a retrospective so we see right from the beginning that her goose is cooked. What ensures depicts how she rose to power, connived the downfall of many around her - most notably the Queen herself (Irene Papas) and Cardinal Wolsey (Anthony Quayle). With the help of a suitably obsequious character of Thomas Cromwell (John Calicos), the internecine and fickle politics of Henry VIII's court is laid bare for us to watch. Perhaps Burton is a bit overly theatrical at times, but there is a smouldering chemistry between the two; the look of the film is great with superb location and costume detail too. Towards the end you almost begin to feel sorry for the poor woman who played the game for all it was worth, but the King's caprices and her inability to have a son wrote her death warrant for her. It is too long, but still one of the best period dramas made on this topic.