Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

Henry VIII

Henry VIII [dvd] / produced by Cedric Messina ; directed by Kevin Billington. - London : BBC, c2005. - 1 DVD (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. - BBC Shakespeare . - The Shakespeare collection . - Shakespeare collection. .

DVD release of the 1979 televised production of the play by William Shakespeare.

Cast: Claire Bloom, Timothy West, Julian Glover, Barbara Kellerman, Ronald Pickup, John Stride.

Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As Cardinal Wolsey, the powerful Lord Chancellor of England, attempts to bend Rome to the King's wishes, the court reverberates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery.

UK cert. PG.


PAL regions 2 & 4.

BBCDVD1767-14 BBC

DVD: HENR