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Le sei mogli di Enrico VIII
(Henry VIII)
2003, regia di Pete Travis
Scheda: Nazione: GB - Produzione: Granada Television, Powercorp, WGBH Boston - Distribuzione: Independent Television, Granada Media Group Ltd. - Soggetto (dall'Enrico VIII di William Shakespeare): Peter Morgan - Sceneggiatura: Peter Morgan - Fotografia: Peter Middleton - Montaggio: Eddie Mansell - Art Direction: Jacqueline Abrahams - Costumi: Lucinda Wright - Musiche: Rob Lane - Effetti speciali: Men From Mars - Formato: Color, film tv - Durata: 250'.
Cast: Ray Winstone, Joss Ackland, Helena Bonham Carter, Emilia Fox, David Suchet, Sid Mitchell, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Assumpta Serna, Thomas Lockyer, William Houston, Daniel Webb, Guy Flanagan, Scott Handy, Benjamin Whitrow, Stephen Noonan, John Higgins, Michael Maloney, Lara Belmont, Sean Bean.
Trama e commenti: hmymovies.it - it.wikipedia.org: «Le sei mogli di Enrico VIII (Henry VIII) è un film per la televisione britannica del 2003 diretto da Pete Travis, trasmesso in 2 parti».
Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - rottentomatoes.com - nytimes.com - pbs.org: «Henry VIII's 38-year reign as monarch of England saw that country transformed from a sleepy backwater of jousting tournaments and Catholic piety to a nation torn by religious and political strife -- all because of the king's desperation for a male heir. From the moment Henry Tudor casts aside his faithful wife Katherine of Aragon for the bewitching and determined Anne Boleyn, he sets himself on a course of disastrous marriages. The pious yet tragic Jane Seymour, bitter outcast Anne of Cleves, the adulterous child bride Katherine Howard and the devoted Katherine Parr all followed. The lucky ones were ruthlessly cast aside. The not-so-lucky ones were sent to their deaths. Ray Winstone (Cold Mountain, King Arthur) stars as the cruel and colorful monarch who married six times, founded a new church and presided over a bloodbath. Helena Bonham Carter stars as the seductress Anne Boleyn...».
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