Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

	Directed by: Charles Jarrott	COUNTRY United Kingdom GENRE Historical drama NORWEGIAN TITLE Dronning for tusen dager RUNNING TIME 145 minutes
	Produced by: Hal B. Wallis
	Written by (based on the play by Maxwell Anderson): Bridget Boland John Hale

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
King Henry VIII	Richard Burton
Anne Boleyn	Geneviève Bujold	½
Catherine of Aragon	Irene Papas
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey	Anthony Quayle	½
Thomas Cromwell	John Colicos
Thomas Boleyn	Michael Hordern
Elizabeth Boleyn	Katharine Blake	-
Mary Boleyn	Valerie Gearon	-
George Boleyn	Michael Johnson	-
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk	Peter Jeffrey	-
Bishop Fisher	Joseph O'Conor	-
Sir Thomas More	William Squire
Sir William Kingston	Esmond Knight	-
Lady Kingston	Nora Swinburne	-
Sir William Brereton	Brook Williams	-
Mark Smeaton	Gary Bond	-

Review

A rather lavish British production centering on Henry VIII and his infatuation with and marriage to his second wife Anne Boleyn in 16th century Tudor England. Filmed at authentic locations such as Penshurst Place and Hever Castle, where Boleyn grew up, Anne of the Thousand Days has that historical allure and grandeur which facilitates your investment in the story. And the story, adapted from Maxwell Anderson's successful 1948 play starring Rex Harrison and Joyce Redman, is cleverly devised with its fine balance between the sophisticated and the scandalous aspects of the tale. Richard Burton and Guenvieve Bujold create two fascinatingly complex characters out of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, which makes the drama constantly captivating even when the movie occasionally appears staged or theoretical. There are fine supporting performances all around, particularly by Anthony Quayle as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and John Colicos as the snakelike lawyer Cromwell. Costume designer Margaret Furse (Becket, The Lion in Winter) won the Oscar for her work.