The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

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 wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.

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  • Release Date: 1933-08-17
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Director: Alexander Korda

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  • Cast

    • Charles Laughton

      Henry VIII

    • Robert Donat

      Thomas Culpeper

    • Franklin Dyall

      Thomas Cromwell

    • Miles Mander

      Wriothesley

    • Laurence Hanray

      Archbishop Cranmer

    • William Austin

      Duke of Cleves

    • John Loder

      Peynell

    • Claud Allister

      Cornell

    • Gibb McLaughlin

      The French Executioner

    • Sam Livesey

      The English Executioner

    • Merle Oberon

      Anne Boleyn

    • Wendy Barrie

      Jane Seymour

    • Elsa Lanchester

      Anne of Cleves

    • Binnie Barnes

      Katherine Howard

    • Everley Gregg

      Katherine Parr

    • Lady Tree

      The King's Nurse

    • Frederick Culley

      Duke of Norfolk (uncredited)

    • Mark Daly

      Man (uncredited)

    • Toni Edgar-Bruce

      Spectator at Executions (uncredited)

    • Annie Esmond

      The Cook's Wife (uncredited)

    • William Heughan

      Kingston (uncredited)

    • Arthur Howard

      Kitchen Helper (uncredited)

    • Judy Kelly

      Lady Rochford (uncredited)

    • Wally Patch

      Butcher in Kitchen (uncredited)

    • Hay Petrie

      The King's Barber (uncredited)

    • Terry-Thomas

      Man (uncredited)

    • John Turnbull

      Hans Holbein (uncredited)

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