Anne of the Thousand Days

1969 145 min ★ 7.1 Drama, History, Romance

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.

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Cast

Richard Burton

King Henry VIII

Geneviève Bujold

Anne Boleyn

Irene Papas

Queen Catherine

Anthony Quayle

Wolsey

John Colicos

Cromwell

Michael Hordern

Thomas Boleyn

Katharine Blake

Elizabeth Boleyn

Peter Jeffrey

Norfolk

Joseph O'Conor

Fisher

William Squire

Thomas More

Details

Director

Charles Jarrott

Screenplay

John Hale

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Hal Wallis Productions, Universal Pictures

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

April 4, 2022

★ 7/10

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 en...