The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 1979
Henry VIII
Directed by
Kevin Billington
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 reverbates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery.
The story
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 reverbates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery.
Cast
Tony ChurchPrologue
John StrideHenry VIII
Julian GloverDuke of Buckingham
Jeremy KempDuke of Norfolk
David RintoulLord Abergavenny
Timothy WestCardinal Wolsey
John RoweCromwell
Lewis FlanderDuke of Suffolk
Alan LeithSergeant-at-Arms
Claire BloomKatharine of Aragon
John BaileyGriffith / Gentleman Usher
David TroughtonA Surveyor
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John NettletonLord Chamberlain
Charles Lloyd PackLord Sandys
Nigel LambertSir Thomas Lovell
Barbara KellermanAnne Bullen
Adam BarehamSir Henry Guildford
Jeffrey DauntonA Servant
John Cater1st Gentleman
Roger Lloyd Pack2nd Gentleman
Jack McKenzieSir Nicholas Vaux
Michael PooleCardinal Campeius
Peter VaughanGardiner, Bishop of Winchester
Sylvia ColeridgeOld Lady, Anne Bullen's Friend
Ronald PickupCranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
David DodimeadBishop of Lincoln
Emma KirkbySinger
Sally HomePatience
Oliver CottonEarl of Surrey
Michael WalkerA Messenger
John Rhys-DaviesCapucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
Timothy BarkerPage to Gardiner
Brian OsborneDoor-Keeper of the Council Chamber
Jack MayLord Chancellor
John RoganDr. Butts
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